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WHO'S WHO2012

(Corrected up to July 2013)

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PREFACE TO THE THIRTY-FIRST EDITION

It is with pleasure that the thirty-first edition of the Who's Who is published bythe Rajya Sabha Secretariat.

Subsequent to the retirement of Members and Biennial elections held in 2012and June-July 2013, information has been updated. The bio-profiles of the Membershave been prepared on the basis of information received from them and edited to keepit within three pages as per the direction of the Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, whichwas published in Bulletin Part-II dated May 28, 2009.

The complete bio-data of all the Members are also available on the Internet athttp://parliamentofindia.nic.in and http://rajyasabha.nic.in.

NEW DELHI; SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF,July, 2013 Secretary-General.

C O N T E N T S

PAGES

1. List of abbreviations (i)-(iii)

2. Officers of Rajya Sabha (v)

3. List of Women Members of Rajya Sabha (vii)

4. List of Members of Rajya Sabha (State-wise) (ix)-(xv)

5. List of Council of Ministers (xvii)-(xx)

6. Biographical sketches of :

(i) Chairman 1-2

(ii) Deputy Chairman 3-5

(iii) Secretary-General 6-8

7. Biographical sketches of Members 11-576

INDEX 579-587

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

A.B.V.P. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi ParishadA.G.P. Asom Gana ParishadA.I.A.D.M.K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamA.I.C.C. All India Congress CommitteeA.I.D.S. Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeA.I.F.B. All India Forward BlocA.I.T.C. All India Trinamool CongressA.I.T.U.C. All India Trade Union CongressA.S.S.O.C.H.A.M. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of IndiaB.C.C.I. Board of Control for Cricket in IndiaB.E. Bachelor of EngineeringB.Ed. Bachelor of EducationB.L. Bachelor of LawsBar-at-Law Barrister-at-LawB.H.U. Banaras Hindu UniversityB.J.D. Biju Janata DalB.J.P. Bharatiya Janata PartyB.J.Y.M. Bharatiya Janata Yuva MorchaB.P.F. Bodoland People's FrontB.S.P. Bahujan Samaj PartyB.V.Sc. Bachelor of Veterinary ScienceC.C.I. Cricket Club of IndiaC.I.I. Confederation of Indian IndustriesC.I.T.U. Centre of Indian Trade UnionsC.L.P. Congress Legislature PartyC.P.I. Communist Party of IndiaC.P.I.(M) Communist Party of India (Marxist)D.C.C. District Congress CommitteeD. I. R. Defence of India RulesD.Litt. Doctor of LiteratureD.M.K. Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDistt. DistrictE.S.C.A.P. Economic & Social Council for Asia and PacificF.A. Faculty of ArtsF.A.O. Food and Agriculture OrganisationF.C.A. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaF.I.C.C.I. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and IndustryH.I.V. Human Immuno deficiency Virus

I.C.F.T.U. International Confederation of Free Trade UnionsI.F.F.C.O. Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative LimitedI.F.S. Indian Foreign ServiceI.L.O. International Labour OrganisationI.N.C. Indian National CongressI.N.L.D. Indian National Lok DalI.N.T.U.C. Indian National Trade Union CongressI.P.L. Indian Premier LeagueI.P.U. Inter-Parliamentary UnionI.T.I. Industrial Training InstituteJ.D. Janata DalJ.D. (U) Janata Dal (United)J&K N.C. Jammu and Kashmir National ConferenceJ.M.M. Jharkhand Mukti MorchaK.C.(M) Kerala Congress (M)L.J.P. Lok Janshakti PartyLL.B. Bachelor of LawLL.M. Master of LawM.I.S.A. Maintenance of Internal Security ActM.G.N.R.E.G.A. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ActM.L.A. Member of Legislative AssemblyM.L. Muslim LeagueM.N.F. Mizo National FrontM.P. Madhya PradeshM.Sc. Master of ScienceM.V.Sc. Master of Veterinary ScienceN.C.P. Nationalist Congress PartyN.G.O. Non-Governmental OrganisationN.P.F. Nagaland People's FrontN.S.U.I. National Students Union of IndiaP.C.C. Pradesh Congress CommitteeP.F.H.R.G.D. Parliamentarian Forum on Human Rights for Global

DevelopmentPh.D. Doctor of PhilosophyP.M.K. Pattali Makkal KatchiP.O. Post OfficeP.W.D. Public Works DepartmentR.D.T.A.C. Regional Direct Taxes Advisory CommitteeR.J.D. Rashtriya Janata DalR.L.D. Rashtriya Lok DalS.A.D. Shiromani Akali DalS.D.F. Sikkim Democratic Front

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S.P. Samajwadi PartyS.S. Shiv SenaS.S.C. Secondary School CertificateT.D.P. Telugu Desam PartyT.M.C. (M) Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)U.A.E. United Arab EmiratesU.G.C. University Grants CommissionU.N.I.D.O. United Nations Industrial Development OrganisationU.N.C.T.A.D. United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentU.N.E.S.C.O. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganisationU.P. Uttar PradeshU.P.C.C. Uttar Pradesh Congress CommitteeW.I.A.A. Western India Automobile AssociationW.T.O. World Trade Organisation

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OFFICERS OF RAJYA SABHA

Chairman Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Deputy Chairman Prof. P. J. Kurien

Secretary-General Shri Shumsher K. Sheriff

LIST OF WOMEN MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA(As on July 2013)

1. Aga, Ms. Anu2. Bachchan, Smt. Jaya3. Baidya, Smt. Jharna Das4. Chavan, Smt. Vandana5. Chowdhury, Smt. Renuka6. Faruque, Smt. Naznin7. Heptulla, Dr. Najma A.8. Irani, Smt. Smriti Zubin9. Jayashree, Smt. B.

10. Kanimozhi, Smt.11. Kidwai, Smt. Mohsina12. Kshatriya, Prof. Alka Balram13. Mayawati, Km.14. Natarajan, Smt. Jayanthi15. Patil, Smt. Rajani16. Pradhan, Smt. Renubala17. Rai, Smt. Kusum18. Ratna Bai, Smt. T.19. Rekha, Ms.20. Sadho, Dr. Vijaylaxmi21. Seema, Dr. T.N.22. Singh, Smt. Maya23. Soni, Smt. Ambika24. Sood, Smt. Bimla Kashyap25. Stanley, Smt. Vasanthi26. Sudharani, Smt. Gundu27. Syiem, Smt. Wansuk28. Thakur, Dr. Prabha

LIST OF MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA(As on July 2013)

I. STATES

ANDHRA PRADESH - 181. Chiranjeevi, Dr. K.2. Chowdary, Shri Y. S.3. Chowdhury, Smt. Renuka4. Goud T., Shri Devender5. Khan, Shri Mohd. Ali6. Nandamauri Harikrishna, Shri7. Nandi Yellaiah, Shri8. Ramesh, Shri C.M.9. Ramesh, Shri Jairam

10. Rao, Shri K.V.P. Ramachandra11. Rao, Shri V. Hanumantha12. Rapolu, Shri Ananda Bhaskar13. Ratna Bai, Smt. T.14. Reddy, Dr. N. Janardhana15. Reddy, Shri Palvai Govardhan16. Reddy, Dr. T. Subbarami17. Seelam, Shri Jesudasu18. Sudharani, Smt. Gundu

ARUNACHAL PRADESH - 1

19. Mukut Mithi, ShriASSAM - 7

20. Baishya, Shri Birendra Prasad21. Bora, Shri Pankaj22. Daimary, Shri Biswajit23. Faruque, Smt. Naznin24. Kalita, Shri Bhubaneswar25. Kujur, Shri Santiuse26. Singh, Dr. Manmohan

BIHAR - 16

27. Ali, Shri Sabir28. Ansari, Shri Ali Anwar29. Gupta, Shri Prem Chand30. Mahendra Prasad, Dr.31. Paswan, Shri Ram Vilas32. Pradhan, Shri Dharmendra33. Prasad, Shri Ravi Shankar34. Rudy, Shri Rajiv Pratap35. Sahani, Dr. Anil Kumar

36. Singh, Shri Bashishtha Narain37. Singh, Shri N.K.38. Singh, Shri Ramachandra Prasad39. Thakur, Dr. C.P.40. Tiwari, Shri Shivanand41. Tyagi, Shri K.C.42. Yadav, Shri Ram Kripal

CHHATTISGARH - 5

43. Jangde, Dr. Bhushan Lal44. Kidwai, Smt. Mohsina45. Sai, Shri Nand Kumar46. Singh, Shri Shivpratap47. Vora, Shri Motilal

GOA - 1

48. Naik, Shri Shantaram

GUJARAT - 11

49. Irani, Smt. Smriti Zubin50. Jaitley, Shri Arun51. Kshatriya, Prof. Alka Balram52. Mandaviya, Shri Mansukh L.53. Pandya, Shri Dilipbhai54. Parmar, Shri Bharatsinh Prabhatsinh55. Patel, Shri Ahmed56. Rashtrapal, Shri Praveen57. Rupala, Shri Parshottam Khodabhai58. Thakor, Shri Natuji Halaji59. Vegad, Shri Shankarbhai N.

HARYANA - 5

60. Batra, Shri Shadi Lal61. Parjapati, Shri Ranbir Singh62. Ram Prakash, Dr.63. Singh, Shri Birender64. Singh, Shri Ishwar

HIMACHAL PRADESH - 3

65. Nadda, Shri Jagat Prakash66. Shanta Kumar, Shri67. Sood, Smt. Bimla Kashyap

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JAMMU & KASHMIR - 4

68. Azad, Shri Ghulam Nabi69. Ratanpuri, Shri G.N.70. Shafi, Shri Mohammad71. Soz, Prof. Saif-ud-Din

JHARKHAND - 6

72. Balmuchu, Dr. Pradeep Kumar73. Nathwani, Shri Parimal74. Sahu, Shri Dhiraj Prasad75. Sanjiv Kumar, Shri76. Singh, Shri Jai Prakash Narayan77. Singh, Dr. Kanwar Deep

KARNATAKA - 12

78. Chandrasekhar, Shri Rajeev79. Fernandes, Shri Oscar80. Jois, Shri M. Rama81. Khan, Shri K. Rahman82. Kore, Dr. Prabhakar83. Krishna, Shri S.M.84. Lad, Shri Anil H.85. Mallya, Dr. Vijay86. Manjunatha, Shri Aayanur87. Naidu, Shri M. Venkaiah88. Patil, Shri Basawaraj89. Rangasayee Ramakrishna, Shri

KERALA - 9

90. Abraham, Shri Joy91. Achuthan, Shri M.P.92. Antony, Shri A.K.93. Balagopal, Shri K.N.94. Kurien, Prof. P.J.95. Narayanan, Shri C.P.96. Rajeeve, Shri P.97. Ravi, Shri Vayalar98. Seema, Dr. T.N.

MADHYA PRADESH - 11

99. Chaturvedi, Shri Satyavrat100. Dave, Shri Anil Madhav101. Gehlot, Shri Thaawar Chand102. Heptulla, Dr. Najma A.

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103. Jha, Shri Prabhat104. Kulaste, Shri Faggan Singh105. Mitra, Dr. Chandan106. Sadho, Dr. Vijaylaxmi107. Sharma, Shri Raghunandan108. Singh, Smt. Maya109. Solanki, Shri Kaptan Singh

MAHARASHTRA - 19

110. Chavan, Smt. Vandana111. Dalwai, Shri Husain112. Darda, Shri Vijay Jawaharlal113. Deora, Shri Murli114. Desai, Shri Anil115. Dhoot, Shri Rajkumar116. Goyal, Shri Piyush117. Jain, Shri Ishwarlal Shankarlal118. Javadekar, Shri Prakash119. Pande, Shri Avinash120. Patil, Smt. Rajani121. Raut, Dr. Bharatkumar122. Raut, Shri Sanjay123. Sancheti, Shri Ajay124. Shukla, Shri Rajeev125. Tariq Anwar, Shri126. Tripathi, Shri D.P.127. Trivedi, Dr. Yogendra P.128. Waghmare, Dr. Janardhan

MANIPUR - 1

129. Keishing, Shri Rishang

MEGHALAYA - 1

130. Syiem, Smt. Wansuk

MIZORAM - 1

131. Lalhming Liana, ShriNAGALAND - 1

132. Zhimomi, Shri KhekihoODISHA - 10

133. Behera, Shri Shashi Bhusan134. Khuntia, Shri Rama Chandra135. Mangala Kisan, Shri136. Mohapatra, Shri Pyarimohan

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137. Mohapatra, Shri Rabinarayan138. Parida, Shri Baishnab139. Pradhan, Smt. Renubala140. Punj, Shri Balbir141. Swamy, Shri A.V.142. Tirkey, Shri Dilip Kumar

PUNJAB - 7

143. Ashwani Kumar, Shri144. Bhunder, Shri Balwinder Singh145. Dhindsa, Sardar Sukhdev Singh146. Gill, Dr. M.S.147. Gujral, Shri Naresh148. Khanna, Shri Avinash Rai149. Soni, Smt. Ambika

RAJASTHAN - 10

150. Anand Sharma, Shri151. Ashk Ali Tak, Shri152. Budania, Shri Narendra153. Jethmalani, Shri Ram154. Mathur, Shri Om Prakash155. Pilania, Dr. Gyan Prakash156. Singh Badnore, Shri V.P.157. Singhvi, Dr. Abhishek Manu158. Thakur, Dr. Prabha159. Yadav, Shri Bhupender

SIKKIM - 1

160. Lachungpa, Shri Hishey

TAMIL NADU - 18

161. Arjunan, Shri K.R.162. Balaganga, Shri N.163. Bernard, Shri A.W. Rabi164. Jinnah, Shri A.A.165. Kanimozhi, Smt.166. Lakshmanan, Dr. R.167. Maitreyan, Dr. V.168. Natarajan, Smt. Jayanthi169. Natchiappan, Dr. E.M. Sudarsana170. Pandian, Shri Paul Manoj171. Raja, Shri D.

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172. Ramalingam, Dr. K.P.173. Rangarajan, Shri T.K.174. Rathinavel, Shri T.175. Selvaganapathi, Shri T.M.176. Stanley, Smt. Vasanthi177. Thangavelu, Shri S.178. Vasan, Shri G.K.

TRIPURA - 1

179. Baidya, Smt. Jharna Das

UTTARAKHAND - 3

180. Koshyari, Shri Bhagat Singh181. Mahra, Shri Mahendra Singh182. Tarun Vijay, Shri

UTTAR PRADESH - 31

183. Adeeb, Shri Mohammed184. Agrawal, Shri Naresh185. Ali, Shri Munquad186. Ansari, Shri Salim187. Bachchan, Smt. Jaya188. Baghel, Prof. S. P. Singh189. Gupta, Dr. Akhilesh Das190. Jugul Kishore, Shri191. Karimpuri, Shri Avtar Singh192. Kashyap, Shri Narendra Kumar193. Katiyar, Shri Vinay194. Khabri, Shri Brijlal195. Masood, Shri Rasheed196. Mayawati, Km.197. Misra, Shri Satish Chandra198. Nanda, Shri Kiranmay199. Naqvi, Shri Mukhtar Abbas200. Pathak, Shri Brajesh201. Rai, Smt. Kusum202. Rajan, Shri Ambeth203. Rajaram, Shri204. Saini, Shri Rajpal Singh205. Saleem, Chaudhary Munavver206. Sharma, Shri Satish207. Singh, Shri Amar208. Singh, Shri Arvind Kumar209. Singh, Shri Mohan

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210. Singh, Shri Veer211. Tiwari, Shri Alok212. Yadav, Shri Darshan Singh213. Yadav, Prof. Ram Gopal

WEST BENGAL - 16

214. Bandyopadhyay, Shri D.215. Bhattacharya, Shri P.216. Bose, Shri Srinjoy217. Chakraborty, Shri Shyamal218. Chatterjee, Shri Prasanta219. Ghosh, Shri Kunal Kumar220. Gupta, Shri Vivek221. Haque, Shri Md. Nadimul222. Malihabadi, Shri Ahmad Saeed223. Mukherji, Dr. Barun224. O' Brien, Shri Derek225. Roy, Shri Mukul226. Roy, Shri Sukhendu Sekhar227. Roy, Shri Tarini Kanta228. Sen, Shri Tapan Kumar229. Yechury, Shri Sitaram

II. UNION TERRITORIES

NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI - 3

230. Dwivedi, Shri Janardan231. Hashmi, Shri Parvez232. Karan Singh, Dr.

PUDUCHERRY - l

233. Kannan, Shri P.

III. NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT - 12

234. Aga, Ms. Anu235. *Aiyar, Shri Mani Shankar236. Akhtar, Shri Javed237. Dua, Shri H.K.238. Ganguly, Dr. Ashok S.239. Jayashree, Smt. B.240. Miri, Prof. Mrinal241. * Mungekar, Dr. Bhalchandra242. Parasaran, Shri K.243. Rekha, Ms.244. Tendulkar, Shri Sachin Ramesh245. [Vacant]

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*Belongs to INC

LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS(As on June 17, 2013)

CABINET MINISTERS

1. Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister and also in-charge of theMinistries/Departments not specifically allocatedto the charge of any Minister viz.:

(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &Pensions;

(ii) Ministry of Planning;(iii) Department of Atomic Energy; and(iv) Department of Space

2. Shri A.K. Antony Minister of Defence3. Shri Sharad Pawar Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food

Processing Industries4. Shri P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance5. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Minister of Health and Family Welfare6. Shri Sushilkumar Shinde Minister of Home Affairs7. Shri M. Veerappa Moily Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas8. Dr. Farooq Abdullah Minister of New and Renewable Energy9. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Minister of Science and Technology and Minister

of Earth Sciences10. Shri Kamal Nath Minister of Urban Development and Minister of

Parliamentary Affairs11. Shri Ajit Singh Minister of Civil Aviation12. Shri Vayalar Ravi Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs13. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Minister of Railways14. Shri Kapil Sibal Minister of Communications and Information

Technology and Minister of Law and Justice15. Shri Anand Sharma Minister of Commerce and Industry16. Kumari Selja Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment17. Shri G.K. Vasan Minister of Shipping18. Shri Praful Patel Minister of Heavy Industries and Public

Enterprises

19. Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal Minister of Coal

20. Shri Salman Khurshid Minister of External Affairs

21. Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister ofPanchayati Raj

22. Shri Beni Prasad Verma Minister of Steel

23. Shri Jairam Ramesh Minister of Rural Development

24. Shri K. Rahman Khan Minister of Minority Affairs

25. Shri Dinsha J. Patel Minister of Mines

26. Shri M. M. Pallam Raju Minister of Human Resource Development

27. Shri Harish Rawat Minister of Water Resources

28. Smt. Chandresh Kumari Minister of CultureKatoch

29. Shri Sis Ram Ola Minister of Labour and Employment

30. Shri Oscar Fernandes Minister of Road Transport and Highways

31. Dr. Girija Vyas Minister of Housing and Urban PovertyAlleviation

32. Dr. Kavuru Samba Siva Rao Minister of Textiles

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1. Smt. Krishna Tirath Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Women and Child Development

2. Prof. K.V. Thomas Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Consumer Affairs, Food & PublicDistribution

3. Shri Srikant Jena Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Statistics and ProgrammeImplementation and Minister of State(Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofChemicals and Fertilizers

4. Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Environment and Forests

5. Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Development of North Eastern Regionand Minister of State in the Ministry ofParliamentary Affairs

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6. Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theScindia Ministry of Power

7. Shri K.H. Muniyappa Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

8. Shri Bharatsinh Solanki Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

9. Shri Sachin Pilot Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Corporate Affairs

10. Shri Jitendra Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Ministerof State in the Ministry of Defence

11. Shri Manish Tewari Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Information and Broadcasting

12. Dr. K. Chiranjeevi Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Tourism

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Shri E. Ahamed Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

2. Shri Mullappally Minister of State in the Ministry of Home AffairsRamachandran

3. Shri V. Narayanasamy Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister ofState in the Prime Minister's Office

4. Smt. D. Purandeswari Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerceand Industry

5. Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum andNatural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministryof Textiles

6. Shri Namo Narain Meena Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

7. Shri Jitin Prasada Minister of State in the Ministry of HumanResource Development

8. Smt. Preneet Kaur Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

9. Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of RoadTransport and Highways

10. Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal11. Shri R.P.N. Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs12. Dr. Shashi Tharoor Minister of State in the Ministry of Human

Resource Development

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13. Shri Pradeep Jain Minister of State in the Ministry of RuralDevelopment

14. Shri K.C. Venugopal Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation15. Shri Charan Das Mahant Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture

and Minister of State in the Ministry of FoodProcessing Industries

16. Shri Milind Deora Minister of State in the Ministry ofCommunications and Information Technology andMinister of State in the Ministry of Shipping

17. Shri Rajeev Shukla Minister of State in the Ministry of ParliamentaryAffairs and Minister of State in the Ministry ofPlanning

18. Shri Kodikunnil Suresh Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour andEmployment

19. Shri Tariq Anwar Minister of State in the Ministry of Agricultureand Minister of State in the Ministry of FoodProcessing Industries

20. Shri K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways21. Smt. Ranee Narah Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs22. Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways23. Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and

Family Welfare24. Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport

and Highways25. Shri Ninong Ering Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority

Affairs26. Smt. Deepa Dasmunsi Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban

Development27. Shri Porika Balram Naik Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice

and Empowerment28. Dr. (Smt.) Kruparani Killi Minister of State in the Ministry of

Communications and Information Technology29. Shri Lalchand Kataria Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural

Development30. Shri Manikrao Hodlya Gavit Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice

and Empowerment31. Smt. Santosh Chowdhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and

Family Welfare32. Dr. E.M. Sudarsana Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce

Natchiappan and Industry33. Shri Jesudasu Seelam Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHESOF

OFFICERS OF RAJYA SABHA

ANSARI, SHRI MOHAMMAD HAMID

Father's Name Shri Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ansari

Mother's Name Smt. Aasiya Begum

Date of Birth 1 April 1937

Place of Birth Calcutta

Marital Status Married

Spouse's Name Shrimati Salma Ansari

Children Two sons and one daughter

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.); M.A.

Address Vice-President's House,6, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi-110011Telephone-011-23016422, 23016344E-mail: [email protected]

Professional Career Joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1961

Positions: Ambassador to United Arab Emirates,Afghanistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia; HighCommissioner to Australia; PermanentRepresentative to the U.N. in New York; VisitingProfessor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and JamiaMillia Islamia; Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh MuslimUniversity; Distinguished Fellow, O b s e r v e rResearch Foundation; Member, National SecurityAdvisory Board; Chairman, National Commissionfor Minorities; Chairman, Working Group on'Confidence building measures across segmentsof society in the State', established by the secondRound Table Conference of the Prime Minister onJammu and Kashmir 2006.

Vice-President of India and ex officio Chairman,Rajya Sabha from 11 August 2007 to 10 August2012 and again from 11 August 2012 till date

Books Published Travelling Through Conflict: Essays on thePolitics of West Asia (New Delhi, 2008); IranToday: Twenty Five Years After the IslamicRevolution (Ed.) (New Delhi, 2005)

Several Academic papers and articles onWest Asian Politics.

Awards Padma Shri (1984)

Sports Golf and Cricket

Institutes/Clubs India International CentreInstitute of Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA)United Services InstitutionDelhi Golf ClubDelhi Gymkhana ClubNoida Golf Club

Countries Visited Visited many countries in the discharge ofdiplomatic and academic responsibilities

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KURIEN, PROF. P. J.[Indian National Congress - Kerala]

Father's Name Late Shri P.G. Joseph

Mother's Name Shrimati Rachel Joseph

Date of Birth 31 March 1941

Place of Birth Puramattom in Tiruvalla,Distt. Pathanamthitta (Kerala)

Marital Status Married on 28 May 1968

Spouse's Name Shrimati Susan

Children Two daughters

Educational Qualifications M. Sc.Educated at St. Thomas College,Kozencherry (Kerala) and Government ScienceCollege, Rewa (Madhya Pradesh)

Profession Political and Social Worker, Teacher andEducationist

Permanent Address Pallathu House, P.O. Paduthodu Vennikulam,Distt. Pathanamthitta-689645 (Kerala)Tel.: 0469-2750588, 2651465

Present Address 14, Akbar Road, New DelhiTel.: 23015375, 23015377Mobile: 9868181143Fax: 23015345E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1980 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha1982 - 85 Member, Indian Council for Agricultural Research1982 - 88 Member, Marine Products Export Authority1984 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha (second term)1985 - 87 Member, Press Council of India

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1985 - 88 Member, Spices Board1987 - 89 Member, Executive Committee, Congress

Parliamentary Party [C.P.P.(I)]Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha (third term)Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party

1990 Member, Committee on Environment and Forests1991 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha (fourth term)1991 - 93 Union Minister of State, Industry with additional

charge of Commerce1992 - 93 Union Minister of State, Industry (Department

of Small Scale, Agro and Rural Industries) withadditional charge of Commerce

1993 - 96 Member, All India Council of Technical Education1994 - 98 Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute

of Technology, Delhi1995 - 96 Union Minister of State, Non-Conventional

Energy Sources1996 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (fifth term)1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (sixth term)

Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary PartyJan. 2005 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2005 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya

Sabha (re-nominated on 21 July 2006, 22 April 2008,1 August 2011 and 19 April 2012)

July 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)Sept. 2006 - Oct. 2010 Member, Rubber BoardMay 2007 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Public AccountsApril 2008 - Aug. 2012 Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Rajya

SabhaAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on DefenceDec. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on CommerceDec. 2009 - July 2010 Chairman, Select Committee to examine the

Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009April 2010 - July 2012 Member, National Institutes of Technology

CouncilMarch 2011 - July 2012 Member, J.P.C. on 2G Spectrum AllocationJuly 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)21 Aug. 2012 onwards Deputy Chairman, Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Chairman, Committee of Privileges

Chairman, Committee on MPLADSMember, Committee on RulesEx-officio Vice-Chairman, Standing Committeeof All India Presiding Officers' ConferenceEx-officio Vice-President, Executive Committeeof the Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG)

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Social and Cultural Activities, Working for the protection of environment,Literary, Artistic and Scientific upliftment of the poor and the weaker sections ofAccomplishments and other the society; Chairman, (i) Indian Association ofSpecial Interests Parliamentarians for Population and Development

and (ii) Asian Forum of Parliamentarians forPopulation and Development (AFPPD), Tokyo;interested in educational and literary activitiesand environmental problems; active participationin co-operative movement

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Volleyball and badminton; reading, travelling,Pastimes and Recreation music and cultural activities

Countries Visited Widely travelled; Member, (i) Congress PartyDelegation to Mauritius, 1988, (ii) Anti-apartheiddelegation of Congress Party which met variousworld leaders, 1988, (iii) Indian delegation to theUnited Nations, 1994 and 1997, (iv) 58th

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association'sConference at Colombo, Sri Lanka in September,2012, (v) Sixth Conference of SAARC Speakers& Parliamentarians at Islamabad in November,2012, (vi) Official Indian Delegation to the VaticanCity, Rome to attend Investiture Ceremony ofCardinal Cleemis in November, 2012 and InauguralMass of the New Pope in March, 2013

Other Information President, Tiruvalla East Co-operative Bank (thebiggest urban co-operative bank in India);Vice-Chairman, Kerala State Co-operativeMarketing Federation; Director, (i) Tiruvalla EastCo-operative Bank for 15 years, (ii) Kerala StateCo-operative Marketing Federation for 12 years and(iii) Central Arecanut Marketing Co-operative for3 years; Member, (i) Governing Body of theNational Co-operative Union of India for3 years and (ii) Court of the Jawaharlal NehruUniversity for 3 years; Co-ordinator, A.I.C.C.for Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarhfrom April, 2008 to August, 2012

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SHERIFF, SHRI SHUMSHER K.

Father's Name Late Brig. (Retd.) M.K. Sheriff

Mother's Name Late (Dr.) Shrimati Shanti Sheriff

Date of Birth 17 August 1953

Place of Birth Ranchi (Jharkhand)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Ayesha Sheriff

Educational Qualifications B.A.(Honours) and M.A. (History) fromSt. Stephen's College, University of Delhi;LL.B. from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi;Pre-doctoral programme at Graduate Institute ofInternational Studies, University of Geneva,SwitzerlandGraduate of Ecole Nationale d' Administration(National School of Administration) ENA, France;Diploma in French Language

Present Address Office: Room No. 29, Parliament House,New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 23017355, 23034695Fax: 23792940Residence: 8, Lodhi Estate,New Delhi - 110003Tel.: 24631421E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Oct. 2012 onwards Secretary General, Rajya Sabha, Parliament ofIndia

2007 to Sept. 2012 Secretary to the Vice-President of India(Secretary to Government of India from February,2011)

2007 Principal Secretary (Home), Government of NCTof Delhi (Additional charge Principal Secretary,Labour Department)

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2006 - 2007 Chief Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Administration,India

2002 - 2005 Senior Adviser to Executive Director, AsianDevelopment Bank, Manila, Philippines

1997 - 2002 Joint Secretary to the President of India(Held charge of Secretary to President fromAugust 2000 to July 2002)

1992 - 97 Secretary to the Vice- President of India1990 - 92 Director, EEC Division, Department of Economic

Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India1986 - 90 Special Secretary & Director of Transport (Additional

charge of Tourism Department & Delhi EnergyDevelopment Agency), Delhi Administration

1986 Administrator, Agriculture Marketing Committee,Azadpur, Delhi Administration

1984 - 85 Ecole Nationale d' Administration (ENA), Paris1981 - 84 Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate

Districts of Tawang, Dibang Valley and LowerSubansiri (Arunachal Pradesh)

1979 - 81 Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Delhi1978 - 79 Assistant Collector, Thane District, Maharashtra1977 Joined the Indian Administrative Service

(AGMUT Cadre)1974 Lecturer, Department of History, Jesus & Mary

College, University of Delhi

Languages Known Hindi, English and French

Social and Cultural Activities, Interests include public administration andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific parliamentary studies, international relationsAccomplishments and other and strategic studies; environmental andSpecial Interests developmental studies; special interests include

heritage conservation, art and sculpture

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) India International Centre, (ii) IndiaPastimes and Recreation Habitat Centre, (iii) Delhi Gymkhana Club and

(iv) Delhi Golf Club; Secretary, Rifle Club,St. Stephen's College, Delhi; Participated inUniversity tournaments for rifle shooting and isfond of equestrian sports apart from swimming,golf and mountain trekking

Countries Visited Visited more than 40 countries

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Other Information Member, Task Force for Mass Rapid TransitSystem (Metro) for Delhi; President of Students'Union, Graduate Institute of International Studies,Geneva; National Cadet Corps (Best Cadet JuniorAir Wing); participated in special programmes atAll India Management Association, New Delhi;Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata; Instituteof Public Enterprises, Hyderabad; Indian Instituteof Foreign Trade, New Delhi; The Energy ResearchInstitute, New Delhi; Human SettlementManagement Institute, New Delhi; InternationalManagement Group, Washington D.C., U.S.A.and Executive Development ProgrammeJohn F. Kennedy School of Government, HarvardUniversity, U.S.A.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHESOF

MEMBERS

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ABRAHAM, SHRI JOY[Kerala Congress (M) - Kerala]

Father's Name Shri M.C. Ittyavirah

Mother's Name Shrimati Chinnamma Ittyavirah


Place of Birth Bharananganam, Distt. Kottayam (Kerala)

Marital Status Married on 18 August 1975

Spouse's Name Shrimati Valsamma Joy

Children One son and one daughter

Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at St. Thomas College, Pala and LawAcademy, Law College, Thiruvananthapuram

Profession Advocate, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address Mazhuvannoor House, P.O. Melampara,Bharananganam, Distt. Kottayam - 686578(Kerala)Tel.: 04822-238571, 04812-581976Mobile: 09447036471E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 312, Kerala House, 3, Jantar Mantar Road,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23364303E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1991- 96 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly

Whip, Kerala Congress (M) Legislature Party,Kerala Legislative AssemblyMember, Committee for the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes, Kerala LegislativeAssemblyMember, Subject Committee for Home Affairs,Kerala Legislative Assembly

1994 Member, Select Committee for Kerala PanchayathRaj and Nagar Palika Bill, 1994, Kerala LegislativeAssembly

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July 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Information TechnologyDec. 2012 onwards Member, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical

Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram

Social and Cultural Activities Organised oratory club, debates, model Assembly,Literary, Artistic and Scientific model Parliament, etc. at college level; wasAccomplishments and other Secretary, Shakespeare Club at St. ThomasSpecial Interests College, Pala, 1969-70; Member, (i) Bharat Scouts,

1961-66 and (ii) National Cadet Corps (N.C.C.),1966-68

Sports, Clubs, Favourite As a student, was involved in sports and wasPastimes and Recreation Junior Champion at St. Thomas College, Pala,

1967-68; watching movies and picnics

Other Information As a member of the Kerala Students Congress(K.S.C.) State Executive Committee, was involvedin students politics during college days; played amajor role in organising the Kerala Youth Front(K.Y.F.); held various positions in the K.Y.F.including General Secretary, K.Y.F. StateCommittee and State Captain, Kerala Yuva Sena;has held various offices in the Kerala Congress (M);General Secretary, State Committee, KeralaCongress (M) since 1997; Member, High PowerCommittee, United Democratic Front (U.D.F.); wasactively involved in the cooperative movement;was Director, (i) The Bharananganam ServiceCooperative Bank, (ii) The Meenachil Agriculturaland Rural Development Bank, (iii) The MeenachilRubber Marketing and Processing CooperativeSociety and (iv) The Kerala State Cooperative TyreFactory Ltd.; presently working asVice-President, Kerala State Cooperative RubberMarketing Federation Ltd.; was Founder GeneralSecretary, Kerala Catholic Youth Movement(K.C.Y.M.), 1978-79

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ACHUTHAN, SHRI M.P.[Communist Party of India - Kerala]

Father's Name Shri Kannan

Mother's Name Shrimati Cheeru

Date of Birth 8 January 1949

Place of Birth Vaikkalassery, Distt. Kozhikode (Kerala)

Marital Status Married on 11 September 1982

Spouse's Name Shrimati Mohanakumari

Children One daughter

Educational Qualifications B. Com.Educated at Government College, Madappally

Profession Journalist

Permanent Address PRA 38 (1), Jeevan Nagar, Pottakkuzhi,Pattam, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)Tel.: 0471-2550917(R), 2735050 (O)Mobile: 9868181949E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 419, V. P. House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23354232

Positions Held

April 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Information TechnologyAug. 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Information and BroadcastingAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Industry

Books Published Editor, (i) Janayugom (daily) and (ii) Navayugom(weekly)

Sports, Clubs, Favourite ReadingPastimes and Recreation

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Countries Visited Erstwhile U.S.S.R., U.A.E., Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain,Oman, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France andAustralia

Other Information Member, C.P.I. State Executive, Kerala; FormerDirector, (i) K.T.D.C. and (ii) Prabhath BookHouse; State Vice-President, A.I.S.F.

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ADEEB, SHRI MOHAMMED[Independent - Uttar Pradesh]

Father's Name Shri Abdul Wahab

Mother's Name Shrimati Wajida Bano

Date of Birth 5 September 1945

Place of Birth Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

Marital Status Married on 19 March 1971

Spouse's Name Shrimati Talat Adeeb

Children One son and three daughters

Educational Qualifications M.Sc.Educated at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh(Uttar Pradesh)

Profession Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address Mustafa Manzil, Katra Abu Tarab,Lucknow-226003 (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0522- 22681108

Present Address 191, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23795181 (O), 23795160, 23018786 (R)Mobile: 9868181945, 9811286423E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Nov. 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2009 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on LabourAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010Sept. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on CommerceAug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf

(Amendment) Bill, 2010

Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Information TechnologyMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Information and Broadcasting

March 2011 onwards Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim University

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Countries Visited Australia, as leader of the All India Universitydelegation to the World Assembly of Youth, 1968;U.S.A., U.K., Saudi Arabia, Dubai (U.A.E.),Portugal, Germany, Russia, Central Asiancountries, the Far East and Europe

Other Information President, Swasth Bharat, an N.G.O.;Ex-President, Aligarh Muslim UniversityStudents' Union; Vice-President, All India Majlis-E-Mushawrat; Vice-Chairman, TelephoneAdvisory Committee, Noida, Uttar Pradesh;Member, All India Muslim Personal Law Board

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AGA, MS. ANU[Nominated]

Father's Name Shri Ardeshir

Mother's Name Shrimati Jini


Place of Birth Mumbai (Maharashtra)


Spouse's Name Late Shri Rohinton


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Economics), M.S.W.Educated at St. Xaviers' College, Mumbai andTata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Profession Social Worker

Permanent Address 12, Boat Club Road, Pune-411001 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 020-66051311E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 701, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001

Positions Held2010 onwards Member, National Advisory CouncilApril 2012 Nominated to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeAug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Youth

Member, Committee on Empowerment of WomenAug. 2012 - Dec. 2012 Member, Committee on Commerce

Social and Cultural Activities, Involved in bridging the inequity gap in education;Literary, Artistic and Scientific actively associated with several NGOs especiallyAccomplishments and other Akanksha (through which her company financesSpecial Interests three municipal schools) and 'Teach for India'

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Walking, music, reading and spending time withPastimes and Recreation family and friends

Countries Visited U.K. to attend the Indo-UK Round TableConference; U.S.A. in connection with the 'Teachfor India' work and Malaysia as a panel member atthe Forbes Conference

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AGRAWAL, SHRI NARESH[Samajwadi Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father's Name Late Shri S.C. Agarwal

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Shanti Agarwal

Date of Birth 1 October 1951

Place of Birth Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh)

Marital Status Married on 25 February 1978

Spouse's Name Shrimati Manjul Agrawal


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.B.Educated at Lucknow University, Lucknow

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer, Lawyer/Advocate

Permanent Address B-988, Sector A, Mahanagar, Lucknow-226006(Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0522-2321797, 05852-234848Fax : 0522-2321798

Present Address Bunglow No. 6, Tuglak Lane, New DelhiE-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1980 - 84 and 1989 - 2008 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1997 - 2001 Minister of Power, Government of Uttar Pradesh2003 -2004 Minister of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh2004 - 2007 Minister of Transport, Government of Uttar

Pradesh2007-2008 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Uttar

Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMarch 2010 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 12 March

2012)March 2010 - March 2012 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Petroleum and Natural Gas

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Aug. 2010 - March 2012 Member, Committee on Home AffairsApril 2011 - March 2012 and Member, Sub-Committee of Home Affairs forApril 2012 onwards Enemy Property (Amendment & Validation)

Second Bill, 2010Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof RailwaysMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Steel

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Finance

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Participated in State level cricket and hockeyPastimes and Recreation tournaments during university days

Countries Visited Widely travelled

Other Information Was associated with the Congress Party and theSamajwadi Party

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AIYAR, SHRI MANI SHANKAR[Nominated - Indian National Congress]

Father's Name Late Shri V. Sankar Aiyar

Mother's Name Late Shrimati S. Bhagyalakshmi


Place of Birth Lahore (now in Pakistan)

Marital Status Married on 14 January 1973

Spouse's Name Shrimati Suneet Mani Aiyar

Children Three daughters

Educational Qualifications Senior Cambridge, B.A. (Hons.) in Economics(standing first in the University), M.A.(Economics)Educated at Doon School, Dehradun,St. Stephens' College, University of Delhi, TrinityHall, Cambridge University, U.K.D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) by Indian School ofMines, Dhanbad, Honorary Fellow, Trinity Hall,Cambridge University, U.K., 2010

Profession Diplomat, Journalist/Writer, Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address 12, Avaiyambalpuram, Mayiladuturai-609001(Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 04362-221234E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 12, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23795402

Positions Held

1991- 96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha23 May 2004-2009 Union Minister of Panchayati Raj

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23 May 2004 - 28 Jan. 2006 Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas29 Jan. 2006 - 2008 Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports6 April 2008 - 2009 Union Minister of the Development of North-

Eastern RegionMarch 2010 Nominated to Rajya SabhaApril 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentNov. 2010 onwards Member, National Social Security Board for

Unorganised WorkersMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof External Affairs

Sept. 2011 onwards Member, Central Advisory Committee for pilotscheme called 'Pradhan Mantri Adarsh GramYojana’

Dec. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on DisasterManagement

May 2012 onwards Member, Central Silk Board

Books Published (i) Remembering Rajiv, Rupa, 1992, (ii) In Rajiv'sFootsteps: One Year in Parliament, Konark, 1993,(iii) Mani Shankar Aiyar's Pakistan Papers, UBSPD,1994, (iv) Knickerwallahs, Silly-Billies and OtherCurious Creatures, UBSPD, 1995, (v) RajivGandhi's India (in 4 volumes) (ed.), UBSPD, 1997,(vi) Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist,Penguin India, 2004 and (vii) A Time of Transition:Rajiv Gandhi to the 21st Century, Penguin India,2009

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder President, Society for Secularism;Literary, Artistic and Scientific Chairman, South Asia Foundation Chapter India;Accomplishments and other frequently invited to seminars on povertySpecial Interests alleviation, foreign policy and nuclear

disarmament in India and abroad; widelypublished columnist

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) Delhi Gymkhana Club, (ii) IndiaPastimes and Recreation International Centre and (iii) India Habitat Centre;

reading, writing and music


Other Information Member, Indian Foreign Service, 1963-89; Consul-General, Karachi, 1978-82; Joint Secretary,Ministry of External Affairs, 1982-83; SpecialAssistant to former Congress (I) President, LateShri Rajiv Gandhi, 1989-91; has been awarded'Outstanding Parliamentarian Award’ for 2006 byPresident Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil

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AKHTAR, SHRI JAVED[Nominated]

Father's Name Late Shri Jan-Nisar Akhtar

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Safiya Akhtar


Place of Birth Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)

Marital Status Married on 9 December 1984

Spouse's Name Shrimati Shabana Azmi


Educational Qualifications Graduate in Arts

Profession Scriptwriter, lyricist, poet

Permanent Address 702, Sagar Samrat, Greenfields, Juhu,Mumbai-400049 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 022-26200066, 26202602Mobile : 09820184645E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 60, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003Telefax: 011-24627124, 24627125E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

March 2010 Nominated to Rajya SabhaSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Human Resource Development

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Information Technology

Books Published (i) Tarkash (in Urdu and Hindi), (ii) Quiver (inEnglish), (iii) Talking Films (in English and Hindi),(iv) Talking Songs (in English) and (v) Lava (inUrdu and Hindi)

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Social and Cultural Activities, Writer, social activist, stage artist, scriptwriter,Literary, Artistic and Scientific lyricist and poet; awarded, (i) National Award forAccomplishments and other Best Lyricist for five times, (ii) Filmfare Award forSpecial Interests Best Writer and Lyricist for fifteen times, (iii) IIFA

award for Best Lyricist for five times, (iv) PadmaShri, 1999, (v) Avadh Ratna, 2000, (vi) NationalIntegration Award by Mewar Foundation, 2001,(vii) National Integration Award by All IndiaAnti-Terrorist Association, 2001, (viii) NagrikSamman by Mayor of Bhopal, 2002, (ix) IndiraGandhi Award for National Integration, 2006 and(x) Padma Bhushan, 2007; conferred honorarydegree of Doctorate by the PondicherryUniversity, April 2010

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket and tennis; reading poetry and listeningPastimes and Recreation to music

Countries Visited U.K., U.S.A., Kenya, Russia, China, France,Germany, Sweden, U.A.E., Kuwait, Pakistan,Bangladesh, Singapore, Canada, Holland andBelgium

Other Information Addressed, (i) Harvard University, (ii) ColumbiaUniversity, (iii) University of Maryland,(iv) Cambridge University, (v) Berkeley California,(vi) University of London, (vii) London School ofEconomics, (viii) Oxford University, (ix) JawaharlalNehru University, (x) Aligarh Muslim University,(xi) Lucknow University and (xii) AmnestyInternational Conference in Dublin

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ALI, SHRI MUNQUAD[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father's Name Shri Shoquat Ali

Mother's Name Shrimati Warisa Begum

Date of Birth 20 May 1962

Place of Birth Kithore, Distt. Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Reehana Parveen

Children Four sons and two daughters

Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Meerut University, Meerut

Profession Agriculturist

Permanent Address 143/11, Mohalla Mausam Khani, Kithore,Distt. Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 01233-250777

Present Address 103, North Avenue, New Delhi -110001Mobile: 9868181396E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2006 - May 2007 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Agro and Rural Industries and the Ministry ofSmall Scale Industries

May 2007 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Jan. 2009 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on DefenceAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011Aug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf

(Amendment) Bill, 2010

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Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Agriculture

April 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development

Other Information Member, State Minorities Commission, UttarPradesh for two years; Director, MinorityFinance Commission, Uttar Pradesh for threeyears

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ALI, SHRI SABIR[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father's Name Shri Mazhar Hussain

Mother's Name Shrimati Kaneez Bandi

Date of Birth 18 July 1970

Place of Birth Kanna (Dumariya), Distt. East Champaran(Bihar)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Yasmin Sabir Ali

Children Five sons and two daughters

Educational Qualifications Intermediate, B.A.

Profession Industrialist, Social and Political Worker

Permanent Address Village-Kanna, Post-Kaurihar, Thana-Raxaul,Distt. East Champaran (Bihar)

Present Address 30, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road,New Delhi-110001Tel. : 23782355, 23782377Mobile: 9868181499

Positions Held

April 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 15 November,2011)

May 2008 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on PetitionsAug. 2008 - May 2009, Member, Committee on Petroleum and NaturalAug. 2009 - Nov. 2011 and GasDec. 2011 onwardsJan. 2009 - May 2009 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Shipping, Road Transport and Highways

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July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of FinancePermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Steel

Dec. 2011 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Social and Cultural Activities, Worked for the upliftment of the poor andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific downtroddenAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket and BadmintonPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Europe including U.K., U.S.A., Middle-East, SaudiArabia and Madagascar

Other Information Chairman, Iffat Charitable Trust since 2006

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ANAND SHARMA, SHRI[Indian National Congress - Rajasthan]

Father's Name Late Shri P.A. Sharma

Mother's Name Shrimati Prabha Rani Sharma


Place of Birth Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)


Spouse's Name Dr. (Smt.) Zenobia Sharma

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at R.P.C.S.D.B. College, Shimla andFaculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University,Shimla

Profession Lawyer

Permanent Address Prabhat Lodge, Lower Kelston, Shimla-171001(Himachal Pradesh)Tel.: 0177-2653365, 2351451 (R)

Present Address 28, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi -110003Tel.: 011- 24634755/24643663Fax: 011- 24634756E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 1984 Elected to Rajya Sabha1984 - 86 Member, Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha1985 - 88 Member, J.P.C. on Lok Pal Bill1986 - 89 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya

Sabha1988 - 90 Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Press Council of IndiaApril 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Committee on Defence

Member, Joint Committee on Salaries andAllowances of Members of Parliament

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Aug. 2004 - July 2006 Member, Business Advisory Committee29 Jan. 2006 - 22 May 2009 Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs18 Oct. 2008 - 22 May 2009 Minister of State in the Ministry of Information

and Broadcasting (Additional Charge)22 May 2009 onwards Minister of Commerce and IndustryJuly 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha12 July 2011 - 17 June 2013 Minister of Textiles (Additional Charge)

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with a number of social, sportsLiterary, Artistic and Scientific organisations and in All India NGO in disabilityAccomplishments and other sector; Conferred "The Order of the CompanionSpecial Interests of Volta", top Ghanaian civilian award by President

J.A. Koufour on 10 November 2008 in recognitionof his commitment to South-South Cooperation;Honoured with the 'Commander of the NationalOrder of Merit', highest civilian award by thePresident of Ivory Coast on 14 January 2009;played a major role in re-energising the stalledDoha Round talks by convening a meeting in NewDelhi, September 2010; actively associated withIndia-Africa Forum Summit and also with IBSA-BRICS Summit and India-EU Summit

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket, hiking, travelling, reading books onPastimes and Recreation philosophy and history; listening to Indian and

Western classical music

Countries Visited He has either led or been a member of delegationsto over 90 countries

Other Information Chairman, (i) First Non-Aligned YouthConference, Delhi, November 1985, (ii) NationalPreparatory Committee for XII World Youth andStudents Festival, 1985, (iii) International YouthConference Against Apartheid, Delhi, January1987, (iv) World Youth Action Against Apartheid,1987-94, (v) National Preparatory Committee for‘Nelson Mandela-Freedom at 70’ Campaign, 1988,(vi) Indian Anti-Apartheid Movement, 1989-94 and(vii) Indo-South Africa Friendship Associationsince 1994; President, Indian Youth Congress,1985-87; Spokesperson, Indian National Congress(I.N.C.), 1989 and April 2000-2006; Member, (i) A.I.C.C.,(ii) Himachal Pradesh University Senate, 1973-76,(iii) Himachal Pradesh Congress Executive since1975, (iv) Himachal Pradesh University ExecutiveCouncil, 1984-88, (v) Sports Authority of Indiasince 1985, (vi) National Youth Advisory Boardsince 1986, (vii) Indian Delegation to U.N. GeneralAssembly Session, 1988 and 2004, (viii) Indian

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Delegation to Special U.N. Session on Palestineat Geneva, 1988, (ix) Indian GovernmentDelegation to Afghanistan, 1988-89,(x) Commonwealth Observer Group to Namibia,1989, (xi) I.N.C. delegation to meet Mr. NelsonMandela, 1990, (xii) Indian delegation to ANCConference, Durban, South Africa, 1991,(xiii) Commonwealth Observer Mission to SouthAfrica, 1992, (xiv) Indian Government Delegationto South Africa, 1993, (xv) Indian Institute ofAdvanced Studies, 1995, (xvi) Synergy Group ofEducation, 1995, (xvii) Indian National Sub-Commission for UNESCO, 1995-97, (xviii) I.N.C.delegation to South Africa, 1998, (xix) GoverningBody, Action for Autism, New Delhi since 2000,(xx) National Committee of United Nations WorldConference against Racism, Racial Discrimination,Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, 2001,(xxi) I.N.C. Delegation to U.K., 2001 and (xxii) I.N.C.Delegation to the Labour Party Meeting atBournemouth, U.K.; Visiting Faculty Member,(i) School of International Studies, HarvardUniversity, 1988 and (ii) School of Asian Studies,Columbia University, New York, 1988; leader ofIndian delegation to, (i) U.S.S.R. and G.D.R., 1982,(ii) Hungary, 1983, (iii) Algeria and G.D.R., 1985,(iv) XIIth World Youth Festival, Moscow,(v) Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, 1986 and(vi) Angola, 1989; Special Envoy of Prime Ministerto, (i) Algeria, Sahara, Tunisia and Palestine, 1988and (ii) South Africa, 1992; CommonwealthSecretary-General’s Observer for South AfricanTransition Process and Elections, 1994; attended/organized conferences/meetings including theInternational Conference to commemorate theCentenary of Satyagraha, New Delhi, January 2007and was the Secretary-General of the Conference;in pursuance of the Conference declaration, hemoved India's Resolution, co-sponsored by142 member-states, at the U.N. General Assemblyon 15 June 2007, to observe Mahatma Gandhi'sbirthday on 2nd October as the International Dayof Non-Violence. The resolution was adoptedunanimously by the UNGA; nominated torepresent Government of India and the I.N.C. atthe Centenary Celebrations of African NationalCongress held at Bloemfontein, Johannesburg inJanuary 2012

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ANSARI, SHRI ALI ANWAR[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father's Name Shri Abdul Mannan Ansari

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Shahidan Bibi


Place of Birth Dumraon, Distt. Buxar (Bihar)

Marital Status Married in May 1975

Spouse's Name Shrimati Jamila Bano

Children Four sons

Educational Qualifications GraduateEducated at D.K. College, Dumraon and M.V.College, Buxar (Bihar)

Profession Political and Social Worker, Journalist and Writer

Permanent Address (i) Village and Post Dumraon, Distt. Buxar (Bihar)(ii) 226/2, Haroon Nagar, Phulwari Sharif, PatnaTel.: 0612-2254141, 2253030

Present Address 10, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi - 110001E-mail:[email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held

2000 - 2003 Member, Bihar State Backward ClassesCommission

April 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2006 - March 2007 Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentSept. 2006 - April 2012 and Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMay 2012 onwardsSept. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Social Justice and EmpowermentMarch 2007 - May 2009, Member, Committee on Coal and SteelAug. 2009 - April 2012 andMay 2012 onwards

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March 2007 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2009 - April 2012 of Corporate AffairsMay 2007- May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2009 onwards of Minority AffairsNov. 2010 - April 2012 and Member, Committee on Provision of ComputerAug. 2012 onwards Equipment to Members of Rajya SabhaApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)May 2012 onwards Member, National Monitoring Committee for

Minorities' Education

Books Published (i) Sar Ke Bal Khari Muslim Siyasat (Hindi andUrdu Booklet), 1998, (ii) Masawat Ki Jung (Hindi),2002, (iii) Dalit Mushalman (Hindi), 2004 and(iv) Masawat Ki Jung (Urdu & English), 2005

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder President, All India Pasmanda MuslimLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Mahaz, formed in 1998, the organisation is workingAccomplishments and other for the upliftment of Dalit and OBC Muslims andSpecial Interests maintenance of communal harmony and social

justice in the country; Chief Editor, “PasmandaAwaz”, a monthly Journal since 2004; awardedthe prestigious fellowship in the field of journalismfrom K.K. Birla Foundation, 1996-97; deliveredlectures (i) on International Co-operation in thepeaceful uses of outer-space, 21 October, 2009 and(ii) at Columbia University (Department of Hindi),New York; participated in the discussion onGlobalisation and Interdependance, with specialreference to role of the U.N. in promotingdevelopment; delivered speech on 'Review ofthe Efficiency of the Administrative and FinancialFunctioning of United Nations with specialreference to Parliament'

Sports, Clubs, Favourite, Reading, writing and social service activitiesPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Attended, (i) Geneva Conference at U.N. office, toparticipate in the discussion on 'InterfaithCo-operation and the Protection of Human Rightsand Dignity', 1-2 September 2008 and(ii) 64th Session of the U.N. General Assembly atNew York, 20 October-2 November 2009, as aMember of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation;visited, Boston (U.S.A.) to address a gathering ofMuslim Intellectuals; Washington D.C.,

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Maryland, New Jersey and Baltimore to addressthe Indian Muslims Council and the AligarhAlumni Association

Other Information Joined students politics in 1967 and led manymass movements and was sent to jail many times

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ANSARI, SHRI SALIM[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father's Name Late Shri Mohd. ShoebMother's Name Late Shrimati Zubaida KhatunDate of Birth 12 April 1962Place of Birth Husainpura, Distt. Mau (Uttar Pradesh)Marital Status Married on 22 November 1988Spouse's Name Shrimati ShaguftaChildren One son and four daughters

Educational Qualifications B.A., M.A.Educated at D.C.S.K.P.G. College,Mau (Gorakhpur University)

Profession Business and Social Service

Permanent Address 1, Husainpura, Mau (Uttar Pradesh)Tel. : 0547-2220580 (R)Mobile : 9839089800

Present Address 16-D, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 24671201Mobile : 9013181800E-mail:[email protected]

Positions Held

July 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Information Technology

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Minority Affairs

March 2012 onwards Member, Haj Committee

Social and Cultural Activities, Literary Secretary, Danish Kada Urdu Library,Literary, Artistic and Scientific MauAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Athletics and football; Chief Guardian, MauPastimes and Recreation Sporting Club, Mau

Countries Visited Nepal

Other Information General Secretary, Student Union, D.C.S.K.P.G.College, Mau (Uttar Pradesh), 1985; Manager,Muslim Inter College, Mau since 1992; Member,(i) Executive Body, Jamia Islamia Faiz-e-Aam and(ii) Jamia Asaria Darul-Hadees

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ANTONY, SHRI A.K.[Indian National Congress - Kerala]

Father's Name Shri Arakkaparambil Kurian Pillai

Mother's Name Shrimati Aley Kutty

Date of Birth 28 December 1940

Place of Birth Cherthala, Distt. Alappuzha (Kerala)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Elizabeth Antony

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.A., B.L.Educated at University of Kerala


Permanent Address ‘Anjanam’, Easwara Vilasam Road,Thiruvananthapuram - 695014 (Kerala)Tel.: 0471-2329303 (R)

2723455, 2721401 (O)

Present Address 9, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi - 110011Tel.: 23013611, 23013612Mobile: 9868181181E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1970 - 77, 1977 - 79, 1995 - 96, Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly1996 - 2001 and 2001 - 20051977 - 78, 1995 - 96, 2001 - 2004 Chief Minister, KeralaApril 1985 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 1991 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha1993 - 95 Union Cabinet Minister of Civil Supplies,

Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution1996 - 2001 Leader of Opposition, Kerala Legislative

AssemblyMay 2005 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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May 2006 - Oct. 2006 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population andPublic Health

June 2006 - Oct. 2006 Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare24 Oct. 2006 onwards Minister of DefenceApril 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Books Published Editor, 'Kalasala', a Malayalam weekly, 1964-65;Editor, Printer and Publisher, 'Veekshanam', aMalayalam daily, 1978-82


Countries Visited Erstwhile U.S.S.R., Japan, France, U.K.,Yugoslavia, Singapore, Russia, Vietnam, Malaysia,Germany, U.S.A., Maldives, Oman, Kyrgystan,Seychelles, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Tajikistan,Indonesia and Myanmar

Other Information School Union Councillor, Government HighSchool, Cherthala, Alappuzha, 1956-57; StudentsUnion Secretary, Government High School,Cherthala, Alappuzha, 1957-58; General Secretary,(i) Cherthala Taluk Committee, Kerala StudentsUnion, Cherthala, Alappuzha, 1957-58, (ii) CollegeStudents Union, Maharajas College, Ernakulam,1962-63, (iii) Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee(K.P.C.C.), 1969-73 and (iv) All India CongressCommittee (A.I.C.C.), 1984-87; Treasurer, KeralaStudents Union, 1963-64; Treasurer (Acting),A.I.C.C., 1994-95; President, (i) Kerala StudentsUnion, 1964-66, (ii) Kerala Pradesh YouthCongress Committee, 1966-69 and (iii) K.P.C.C.,1973-77, 1978-82 and 1987-92; Convenor, StateLiaison Committee of the Ruling Coalition, Kerala,1970-77; Member, (i) Congress WorkingCommittee since 15 April 1992 and (ii) CentralElection Committee, A.I.C.C. since 12 February2001

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ARJUNAN, SHRI K.R.[All Indian Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father's Name Shri K. Ranga GowderMother's Name Shrimati Ammu AmmalDate of Birth 4 June 1961Place of Birth Ootacamund, Distt. Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu)Marital Status Married on 21 January 1988Spouse's Name Shrimati Lalitha ArjunanChildren One daughterEducational Qualifications S.S.L.C.

Educated at Higher Secondary School, Nilgiris


Permanent Address Ketti, P.O. Ketti, Nilgiris-643215 (Tamil Nadu)

Present Address 108, Old Tamil Nadu House, Chanakyapuri,New DelhiMobile: 9442084404, 9488322444

Positions Held

2001 - 2006 Chairman, Ketti Town PanchayatJuly 2013 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with various social welfare activitiesLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Badminton and footballPastimes and Recreation

Other Information Member, Board/Senate, Tamil Nadu AgriculturalUniversity, 2011-2013

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ASHK ALI TAK, SHRI[Indian National Congress - Rajasthan]

Father's Name Late Shri Sadiq Khan TakMother's Name Late Shrimati Jora KhatunDate of Birth 7 July 1958Place of Birth Nohar, Distt. Hanumangarh (Rajasthan)Marital Status Married on 17 November 1968Spouse's Name Shrimati Seema TakChildren One son and two daughtersEducational Qualifications M.A., Diploma in Indian Thought

Educated at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Profession Agriculture, Political and Social Service

Permanent Address Mohalla - Bhanipura, P.O. - Nohar,Distt. Hanumangarh - 335523 (Rajasthan)Tel. : 0141-2360861, 2369898Mobile : 09414221162, 09013181100E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address B-9, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi-110003Tel. : 011-23782346, 23782347Mobile: 9013181100, 09414221162E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldMar. 1985 - 15 Oct. 1985 and Member, Rajasthan Legislative AssemblyDec. 1989 - March 199016 Oct. 1985 - 25 Jan. 1988 Government Chief Whip, Rajasthan Legislative

Assembly26 Jan. 1988 - Dec. 1989 Minister holding the portfolios of Public Relation,

Sports, Minority, Jail, Youth, Indira Gandhi NaharProject and Public Sector Development,Government of Rajasthan

Dec. 1993 - Dec. 1996 Chairman, Minority Commission, Government ofRajasthan

July 2005 - 2009 Member, National Advisory Council, MGNREGA

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July 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of External AffairsAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on IndustryNov. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Provision of Computer

Equipment to Members of Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward

Classes

Social and Cultural Activities, Interested in the cultural activities; serving waterLiterary, Artistic and Scientific to people by organising fairs; pottery andAccomplishments and other organising pottery exhibitionsSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Was a football and hockey player; was member ofPastimes and Recreation Bharat Scouts and Guides during student life

Countries Visited Visited erstwhile U.S.S.R., U.A.E., U.S.A.; SaudiArabia, as a member of the Haj Goodwill Delegationled by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, 2010; U.S.A.,to attend cultural exchange programme; New York(U.S.A), as a member of UN delegation, May 2011

Other Information President, (i) N.S.U.I., Rajasthan 1983-86 and(ii) State Youth Congress, Rajasthan, 1996-98;General Secretary, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress,1998-2011; Convenor, Flagship MonitoringCommittee, Rajasthan, since Sept. 2011; Member,Prime Minister's 20-point Programme, sinceJanuary 2011

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ASHWANI KUMAR, SHRI[Indian National Congress - Punjab]

Father's Name Late Shri Prabodh Chandra

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Adarsh Kumari


Place of Birth Delhi

Marital Status Married on 30 November 1975

Spouse's Name Shrimati Madhu Kumar


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., M.Phil.Educated at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, Facultyof Law, University of Delhi, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, New DelhiDoctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) from PanjabUniversity, 2004

Profession Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Permanent Address ‘Sewa Sadan’, Opp. ITI, G.T. Road, Gurdaspur(Punjab)Telefax : 01874-221808

Present Address (i) C-9, Friends Colony (East), New Delhi-110 065 Tel.: 011-26842758, 26832102 Fax: 011-26820108

(ii) 18, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001 Tel.: 23354222

Positions Held

1991 Additional Solicitor General of IndiaMay 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Energy

Member, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Finance

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Jan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on CommerceConvenor, Sub-Committee on Textiles of theCommittee on Commerce

April 2004 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Committee on Information TechnologyOct. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Finance29 Jan. 2006 - 22 May 2009 Minister of State in the Department of Industrial

Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce &Industry

Aug. 2009 - Jan. 2011 Member, Committee on External AffairsApril 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 - May 2010 Member, Committee on Public AccountsAug. 2010 - Dec. 2010 Chairman, Select Committee to the Prevention of

Torture Bill, 201019 Jan. 2011 - 12 July 2011 Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary

Affairs19 Jan. 2011 - 28 Oct. 2012 Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science andTechnologyMinister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences

28 Oct. 2012 - 11 May 2013 Minister of Law and Justice

Books Published Law, Ideas and Ideology in Politics : Perspectivesof an Activist, 2003

Social and Cultural Activities, Has written several articles in newspapers andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific magazines on law, economic reforms, elections,Accomplishments and other democracy, international affairs, etc.; has beenSpecial Interests extensively interviewed in the print and electronic

media

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Table tennis, wrestling, reading, travel, music andPastimes and Recreation films


Other Information President, (i) Indo-French ParliamentaryFriendship Group, 2004 and (ii) Indo-JapanParliamentary Friendship Society; Chairman,India-Japan Forum of Parliamentarians; Member,(i) Executive Committee of the Indo-BritishParliamentary Forum, FICCI, (ii) High PoweredParliamentary Goodwill Delegation to China ledby Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, (iii) Indian

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Ministerial delegation, Indo-Japan EconomicDialogue, New Delhi, May 2012 and (iv) Indiandelegation, 3rd Indo-US Strategic Dialogue,Washington DC, June 2012; nominated asaccompanying Minister to the President of Indiaon her State visit to Vietnam and Indonesia,November 2008 and Spain and Poland in April2009; accompanying Minister to, (i) Prime Ministerof Japan, Shinzo Abe in 2007, (ii) Prime Minister ofU.K., Gordon Brown, 2008 and (iii) King Albert II ofBelgium and President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstanduring their visits to India in 2006-2009; was IndianGovernment’s nominee at the Davos WorldEconomic Forum meeting in 2007 and 2012;represented, India at the summer Davos meetingof the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meetingof the New Champions 2011 at Dalian, People’sRepublic of China, September 2011; has beenChief Guest/Guest of Honour/Keynote Speakerat several conferences/summits/ meetings; hasaddressed various conferences/symposia both atnational and international levels; Leader, (i) IndianDelegation to Morocco for a Symposium onSouth-South Cooperation in the fields of Energyand Industry, Challenges and Opportunitiesorganised by the Arab Industrial Developmentand Mining Organisations, Rabat (Morocco), May2007 and (ii) Indian Delegation to an InteractiveSession with US SMEs in the manufacturingsector, hosted by NAM under the Presidentshipof Governor Engler in Washington; presented,Country Statement at CEOs Summit at Florence,hosted by USB Bank Meeting with Mr. Al Goreon Climate Change, June 2007; was Rapporteur,Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law;Associate Visiting Professor, Institute of Peaceand Development, University of Nice, 1994;Chairman, A.I.C.C. Vichar Vibhag (IntellectualCell); was Spokesperson, A.I.C.C.; was Member,Media Committee, A.I.C.C.; NationalSpokesperson, A.I.C.C. General-Elections (2009)

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AZAD, SHRI GHULAM NABI[Indian National Congress - Jammu and Kashmir]

Father's Name Shri Rahamatullah

Mother's Name Shrimati Basa Begum


Place of Birth Village Soti, Bhadarwah, Distt. Doda(Jammu and Kashmir)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Shameem Dev Azad


Educational Qualifications M.Sc. (Zoology)Educated at Government Degree College,Bhadarwah, G.G.M. Science College, Jammu, S.P.College, Srinagar and Kashmir University, Srinagar


Permanent Address House No. 9, Hyderpora Byepass, Distt. Badgam,Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir)

Present Address 5, South Avenue Lane, New Delhi - 110011Tel. : 23792052, 23792944E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1980 - 82 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha (from Washim,

Maharashtra)1982 Chairman, Youth Services Committee, IX Asian

GamesMember, Special Organising Committee,IX Asian Games

1982 - 83 Union Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Law,Justice and Company Affairs

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1983 - 84 Union Deputy Minister in the Ministry ofInformation and Broadcasting

1985 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha (from Washim,Maharashtra)

31 Dec.1984 - 11 May 1986 Union Minister of State in the Ministry ofParliamentary Affairs

May 1986 - Oct. 1986 Union Minister of State in the Ministry of HomeAffairs

Oct. 1986 - Sept. 1987 Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Foodand Civil Supplies

April 1990 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 1991 - Jan. 1993 Union Minister of Parliamentary AffairsJan. 1993 - May 1996 Union Minister of Civil Aviation and TourismDec. 1995 - May 1996 Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Civil

Aviation and TourismNov. 1996 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha1998 Member, Standing Committee on EnergyJuly 1998 - May 2004 Member, Rajghat Samadhi CommitteeDec. 1999 - Feb. 2004 Member, Standing Committee on Transport,

Tourism and CultureMay 2000 - Feb. 2004 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the

Functioning of Wakf BoardsNov. 2002 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2004 - Oct. 2005 Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and

Minister of Urban DevelopmentChairman, Rajghat Samadhi Committee

Nov. 2005 - July 2008 Chief Minister, Jammu and KashmirApril 2006 - Feb. 2009 Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative

AssemblyFeb. 2009 Elected to Rajya Sabha22 May 2009 onwards Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Social and Cultural Activities, Organising camps, symposia and seminars on theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific teachings of Mahatma GandhiAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Gardening, meeting people and cultural activities,Pastimes and Recreation secularism and national integration


Other Information An outstanding N.C.C. Cadet in GovernmentDegree College, Bhadarwah, G.G.M. ScienceCollege and S.P. College, Srinagar; courted arrestmore than a dozen times and jailed during theJanata Government (1977-79) in different parts ofthe country; Chairman, First International Youth

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Conference, Delhi, 1982; Member, (i) Delegationto the 11th World Youth and Students' Festival,Havana (Cuba), 1978, (ii) Central Haj Committee,1980-82,(iii) Governing Council, RajajiInternational Institute of Public Affairs andAdministration, 1980-82, (iv) Jammu and KashmirBhoodan Committee, (v) Parliamentary Delegationto Mexico and Greece and (vi) IndianParliamentary Group; Leader, (i) Indian Delegationof Sarvodaya to Sri Lanka to visit one thousandGandhian model villages, 1973, (ii) Youth CongressDelegation to Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia,Romania and Russia, 1980-82, (iii) Young M.Ps'Delegation to Iraq, 1981, (iv) Indian Goodwill HajDelegation to Saudi Arabia, 1987, (v) IndianParliamentary Delegation to Sweden, 1991 asParliamentary Affairs Minister, (vi) IndianParliamentary Delegation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting held in New Delhi,1992 as Parliamentary Affairs Minister and (vii) anumber of Congress Party and Ministry of CivilAviation Delegations to more than three dozencountries, 1991-96; Convener, (i) Central CampaignCommittee of A.I.C.C. for 1998 ParliamentaryElections and (ii) Committee for Golden JubileeCelebrations of India's Independence of A.I.C.C. ;has held many positions in the Indian NationalCongress; Member, Congress WorkingCommittee (CWC) since 1987; General Secretary,All India Congress Committee since 1999

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BACHCHAN, SMT. JAYA[Samajwadi Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father's Name Late Shri Taroon Coomar Bhaduri

Mother's Name Shrimati Indira Bhaduri


Place of Birth Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)

Marital Status Married on 3 June 1973

Spouse's Name Shri Amitabh Bachchan


Educational Qualifications S.S.C., GraduationEducated at St. Joseph’s Convent School, Bhopaland Film & Television Institute of India, Pune

Profession Artiste

Permanent Address “Prateeksha”, 10, North-South Road,JVPD Scheme, Juhu,Mumbai-400049 (Maharashtra)Tel. : +91-22 - 26114016Fax: +91-22 - 26154454

Present Address “Sopaan”, B-8, Gulmohar Park,New Delhi-110049Telefax: + 91-11-26862725E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

March 1988 - Dec. 1989 and Chairperson, Children’s Film Society, IndiaApril 1991 - April 1997July 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2006 - May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on ChildrenAug. 2006 - July 2010 Member, Committee on External Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Information and Broadcasting

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May 2008 - July 2010 Member, Hindi Shiksha SamitiMember, House Committee

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women

Member, Committee on External Affairs

Books Published To be or not to be - Amitabh Bachchan, 2002

Social and Cultural Activities, Started career in films with “Guddi” followed byLiterary, Artistic and Scientific a number of memorable roles in films which haveAccomplishments and other won accolades and awards, like “Uphaar”,Special Interests “Abhimaan”, “Koshish”, “Kora Kagaz”,

“Naukar” and “Mili”; awarded with (i) FilmfareAwards (a) for Best Actress in “Abhimaan” in1973, “Kora Kagaz” in 1974 and “Naukar” in 1979and (b) for Best Supporting Actress in “Fiza” in2001, “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham” in 2003 and“Kal Ho Na Ho” in 2004, (ii) Padma Shri in 1992,(iii) Bharat Samman from the Government of UttarPradesh in 1994, (iv) Omega Award for Excellencefor Lifetime Achievement presented by Omega inMumbai on 28 November 1998, (v) SpecialFilmfare Award for “Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa” in1998, (vi) Mami Award in December 2000, (vii) IFFAAward for Best Supporting Actress in “KabhiKhushi Kabhie Gham” in 2002 in Malaysia and“Kal Ho Na Ho” in 2004 in Singapore, (viii) 6th

Sansui Viewer’s Choice Movie Award for BestSupporting Actress for “Kabhi Khushi KabhieGham” in 2003, (ix) Lifetime Achievement Awardat the 7th Sansui Viewer’s Choice Movie Awards,2004, (x) the Archana Trust Suburban, WomenAchievers 2003 Award for Excellence in PerformingArts, and (xi) “Apsara Film Producers GuildAwards” for Best Actress for “Kal Ho Na Ho”,2004; as Chairperson of the Children’s FilmSociety, India, organized four International FilmFestivals in India for children during her tenure;actively involved in theatre; has been performingin plays like “Maa Retire Hoti Hai” and “Dr. Mukta”in the U.S., U.K. and India since 1999

Countries Visited Singapore, Morocco, U.S.A., U.K., Cairo (Egypt),Bulgaria, Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland

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Other Information Chairperson, (i) Yuvak Biradri (Bharat), 1995 -June 2003, (ii) Indian Panorama, 1997 and (iii) IndianSociety for the Rehabilitation of the Handicapped;Chairperson (Life), Rajkot Voluntary Blood Bank,Rajkot; President, Yuvak Biradri (Bharat) sinceJuly 2003; Vice-President, International Centre ofFilms for Children and Young People (CIFEJ) forfive years; Director, (i) Saraswati AudiovisualsPrivate Limited (An Entertainment SoftwareManufacturing Company), August 1992 -September 1994 and (ii) A.B. Corp. Limited;Member, International Centre of Films for Children& Young People (a body of UNICEF) - Montreal,Canada, 1991-92 and 1995-96; Jury Member(twice), National Film Festival Awards,constituted by the Ministry of Information andBroadcasting

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BAGHEL, PROF. S.P. SINGH[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father's Name Late Shri Ram Bharose Singh

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Ramshri Devi

Date of Birth 21 June 1960

Place of Birth Bhatpura, Distt. Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Madhu Singh Baghel


Educational Qualifications M.Sc., LL.B., Ph.D.Educated at Jiwaji University, Gwalior (MadhyaPradesh), Meerut University and ChaudharyCharan Singh University, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)

Profession Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker andTeacher and Educationist

Permanent Address 44, M.I.G., New Shahganj, Agra (Uttar Pradesh)Tel. : 0562-2213422Fax : 0562-2216721

Present Address AB-89, Shahjahan Road, New DelhiMobile : 9013181920E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok SabhaMember, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Committee on Human ResourceDevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Health and Family Welfare

1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (second term)1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and

Public DistributionMember, Committee on Estimates

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2000 - 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Home AffairsMember, Committee on Public Undertakings

2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (third term)Member, Committee on External Affairs

7 Aug. 2006 - April 2009 Member, Committee on Absence of Members fromthe Sittings of the House

5 Aug. 2007 - April 2009 Member, Standing Committee on External AffairsJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of FinanceAug. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on IndustryAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Provision of Computer

Equipment to Members of Rajya SabhaJan. 2013 onwards Member, Court of Manipur University

Social and Cultural Activities, Actively involved in abolition of the dowryLiterary, Artistic and Scientific system, prevention of child marriage andAccomplishments and other promotion of widow marriage; gives specialSpecial Interests attention to improving the quality of education;

participated in mass weddings; working for theupliftment of the poor, backward, dalits andminorities; participated in the movements for thesolution of regional problems and imprisonedmany times; enacted the role of police inspectorin the TV serial 'Yeh Kaisa Mission'

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket, football, volleyball, shooting and athletics;Pastimes and Recreation Member, Eleven Star Cricket Club, Ashok Nagar,

Madhya Pradesh; was Captain of the cricket teamof Government Nehru Degree College, AshokNagar, Madhya Pradesh in 1980; participated inthe cricket tournament and speech, debate anddrama competitions at the university level;interested in folk song and folk music literature;listening to music; reading Hindi literature andwriting poems; participated in mushairas and kavisammelans which promote national integration

Countries Visited Bangladesh, Bhutan, Thailand, Singapore andMalaysia

Other Information Divisional President, B.S.P.; National GeneralSecretary, B.S.P. since 2008

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BAIDYA, SMT. JHARNA DAS[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Tripura]

Father's Name Late Jatiendra Chandra Das

Mother's Name Shrimati Bipula Das


Place of Birth Mirza, Udaipur, Distt. South Tripura (Tripura)


Spouse's Name Shri Kaushik Baidya

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Bengali)Educated at Tulsi Bati Balika Vidyalaya, Agartala,M.B.B. College, Agartala and University ofCalcutta

Profession Civil Service, Political and Social Worker, Publisher

Permanent Address (i) State Committee Office, CPI(M), Melarmath,Agartala, Tripura

(ii) Vill. - Matripalli, Badarghar, P.O. Siddhi Ashram,AMC Ward No. 26, Agartala-799212 (Tripura)

Tel. : 0381-2373344 Mobile : 09436129188

Present Address 207, V.P. House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 011-23708280, 23353199Mobile : 09013181333E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1985 - 89 Supervisor, Integrated Child Development Scheme(I.C.D.S.), Tripura

Jan.- April 1990 Child Development Project Officer, I.C.D.S., Tripura1999 - 2004 Chairperson, Dukli Panchayat Samiti2002 - 2004 Member, State Commission for Women

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2004 - 2010 Chairperson, Tripura State Social Welfare BoardApril 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and

EmpowermentMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Environment and Forests

May 2012 onwards Member, House CommitteeMember, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Committee on Welfare of Other BackwardClasses

Books Published In Bengali, Dalit Sangram, 2000

Social and Cultural Activities, Participated in literary activities; writing articlesLiterary, Artistic and Scientific in dailies and magazines; took part in organisingAccomplishments and other festivals, drama, debates, state level ceremonialSpecial Interests programmes during student days; organized

cultural programmes in several villages of the state

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Organizing government exhibitions, village fairs,Pastimes and Recreation literacy and sports competitions

Countries Visited Bangladesh and South Africa

Other Information Participated in democratic movement sincestudent days and struggled for the cause of socialjustice and social welfare; was Member, StudentsFederation of India (S.F.I.) during college days;participated in movement involving the interestof the employees of the I.C.D.S. (T.G.E.A.), 1985-90; movement for upliftment of the downtrodden ;joined, (i) Tripura Tapsili Jati Samnnya Samiti andorganized the Schedule Castes and the sociallydeprived people to put their problems andgrievances strongly before the government,(ii) as a member of the All India DemocraticWomen's Association (A.I.D.W.A.) StateCommittee; participated in several women welfaremovements; fought for women reservation inParliament and the State Assemblies; foughtagainst the child marriage; worked closely withthe present Government for the successfulimplementation of the family planning programmein villages; stood against the dowry system inIndia; worked as councillor for the sociallyharassed women who were victims of the dowry;

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contested election for the Member of TripuraTribal Areas Autonomous District Council(T.T.A.A.D.C.), 1990; Member, (i) T.G.E.A.,Tripura,1985-90, (ii) T.T.J.S.S. since 1989, (iii) Tripura StateCo-operative Union, 2002-2010, (iv) WomenCo-operative Society, 2003-2010 and (v) C.E.C.,A.I.D.W.A.

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BAISHYA, SHRI BIRENDRA PRASAD[Asom Gana Parishad - Assam]

Father's Name Late Shri Kaliram Baishya

Mother's Name Shrimati Golap Bala Baishya


Place of Birth Tezpur, Distt. Sonitpur (Assam)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Bandita Baruah Baishya


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Economics)Educated at Gauhati University, Guwahati

Profession College Teacher, Business, Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address House No. 5, L.K.R.B. Road, Nabin Nagar,Guwahati - 781024 (Assam)Tel.: 0361–2455555

Present Address 32, Canning Lane, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23782072, 23782084Mobile: 9868181789, 09435047823E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok SabhaJune 1996 - March 1998 Union Cabinet Minister, Steel and MinesApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 onwards Leader, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) in Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism andAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 CultureMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for theSept. 2009 onwards Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

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July 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Parliamentary Forum on GlobalJan. 2010 onwards Warming and Climate ChangeAug. 2009 - Sept. 2011 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsSept. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Government AssurancesOct. 2009 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2010 - Sept. 2012 Member, Committee on External AffairsMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Other

Backward ClassesOct. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on CommerceDec. 2012 onwards Member, Court of the Assam University

Social and Cultural Activities, Articles published in various journals andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific newspapersAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket and table tennisPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., Russia, Finland, Austria, Australia,Greece, Italy, South Korea, Japan, China, SouthAfrica, Pakistan, New Zealand, Samoa, Myanmarand Azerbaijan

Other Information General Secretary, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP);led the Government delegation to AfricanSummit, held at Cameroon and canvassing forIndian permanent membership for SecurityCouncil at UNO, 1996; President, WeightliftingFederation of India; Vice-President, Indian OlympicAssociation (IOA); Vice-Chairman, (i) GamesVillage, Commonwealth Games, New Delhi, 2010;Chef de Mission Indian Team, Asian IndoorGames, Vietnam, 2009

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BALAGANGA, SHRI N.[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -Tamil Nadu]

Father's Name Shri Narayanan

Mother's Name Shrimati Ammalu Kutty


Place of Birth Chennai (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Chandrika


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Madras University, Chennai


Permanent Address 50/57, Thulasingam Street, Pudupet,Chennai-600002 (Tamil Nadu)

Present Address 16, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Mobile: 9868181456E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Nov. 1993 - March 1996 Chairman, Tamil Nadu Housing BoardNov. 2001 - March 2004 and Chairman, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance BoardJune 2004 - March 2006April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on RailwaysMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Communications and Information TechnologyOct. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Sub-Committee of the Department-

related Parliamentary Standing Committee onRailways

May 2010 - May 2012 Member, Committee on Public AccountsAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource

Development

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Oct. 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-II on the Facilities,Infrastructure and Incentives for Sportspersonsin India of the Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)

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BALAGOPAL, SHRI K.N.[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Kerala]

Father's Name Shri P.K. Narayana Panicker

Mother's Name Shrimati O.V. Radhamany Amma


Place of Birth Kalanjoor, Distt. Pathanamthitta (Kerala)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Asha Prabhakaran


Educational Qualifications M.Com., LL.B., LL.M.Educated at S.N. College, Punalur, M.G. College,Trivandrum, The Law Academy, Trivandrum,Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)


Permanent Address (i) Sreenikethan, Mavanal,P.O. Kalanjoor-689694 (Kerala)Mobile : 09446545577E-mail: [email protected]

(ii) N.S. Mandiram, PolayathoduP.O. Pattathanam, Kollam (Kerala)

Present Address 401, V.P. House, New Delhi-110001Mobile : 09013181577E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Commerce

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Chemicals and Fertilizers

May 2012 onwards Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim UniversityMember, Committee on Government Assurances

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June - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on theLokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Rubber Board

Social and Cultural Activities, Blood donation campaign; writing articles inLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Malayalam and English; Editor, (i) CollegeAccomplishments and other Magazine, 1982, (ii) Student Monthly, 1995-96;Special Interests Member, Editorial Board, (i) Student Monthly

(Malayalam), (ii) Student Struggle (English), and(iii) Youth Stream monthlies

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football and cricket; reading and travelling;Pastimes and Recreation drawing cartoons

Countries Visited Cuba, to attend 14th World Youth Festival ofStudents and Youth, 1997; Algeria, as IndianCoordinator, to attend the 15th World YouthFestival of Students and Youth, 2001; Portugal,to attend meeting of World Federation ofDemocratic Youth, 2005; Venezuela, as IndianCoordinator, to attend the 16th World YouthFestival, 2005; Vietnam and Greece, to attendmeeting of the World Federation of DemocraticYouth (WFDY), 2006; Sri Lanka, Nepal, U.A.E.and Singapore

Other Information Union Chairman, (i) Sreenarayana College,Punalur, 1983 and (ii) Mahatama Gandhi College,Thiruvananthapuram , 1985; All India President,(i) Students Federation of India (SFI), 1997-2000and (ii) Democratic Youth Federation of India(DYFI) 2003-2006; All India Joint Secretary, DYFI,2000-2003; State President, Students Federationof India (SFI), Kerala, 1994-95; District President,Students Federation of India (SFI), Kollam, 1991-93; State Secretary, SFI, 1995-97; DistrictSecretary, SFI, Kollam, 1991-93; President, KeralaUniversity Employees Confederation; Member,(i) Student Syndicate, Kerala University, 1991-92and Syndicate Member, 2000-2004, and(ii) Student's Senate, Kerala University for 2 terms;Political Secretary, Chief Minister of Kerala,Shri V.S. Achuthanandan, 31 May 2006-13 March2010; Member, CPI(M) Kerala State Committeesince 1998

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BALMUCHU, DR. PRADEEP KUMAR[Indian National Congress - Jharkhand]

Father's Name Late Shri Augustin Balmuchu

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Lucy Balmuchu


Place of Birth Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Asha Balmuchu


Educational Qualifications M.Com., Ph. D.


Permanent Address (i) Vill. Kathbari, Manjhari,West Singhbum (Jharkhand)

(ii) 1204, "B" Block, Sonari, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)

Present Address C-504, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1995 - 2000 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly2000 Minister, Planning and Development,

Government of Bihar2006 Speaker, Jharkhand Vidhan SabhaMay 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with various NGOs, culturalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific associations and sports clubsAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading, gardening and musicPastimes and Recreation


Other Information President, (i) Jharkhand Youth Congress, 1995-98 and (ii) Jharkhand Pradesh CongressCommittee since July 2005; General-Secretary,Tata Workers' Union, Jamshedpur, 2005-2006

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BANDYOPADHYAY, SHRI D.[All India Trinamool Congress - West Bengal]

Father's Name Late Shri Debendra Nath Bandyopadhyay

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Shakti Bandyopadhyay


Place of Birth Dacca (now in Bangladesh)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Krishna Bandyopadhyay


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.) Economics, M.A. (Economics)Educated at Presidency College, Kolkata andUniversity of Calcutta, Kolkata

Profession Retired Member of Indian Administrative Service

Permanent Address (i) 58 C, Block-D, New Alipore,Kolkata-700053 (West Bengal)

(ii) Mailing Address:GD-89, Sector-III, Salt Lake,Kolkata-700100 (West Bengal)Tel.: 033-23348534Mobile: 9830225621

Present Address 23, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23795407, 23015714Mobile: 9013181621E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldMarch 1967 - March 1971 Director, Land Records & Surveys, Government

of West Bengal1971 - 72 Labour Commissioner, Government of West

Bengal1972 - July 1974 Secretary, Department of Labour, Government of

West Bengal

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July 1974 - April 1978 Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Governmentof India

April 1978 - Dec.1981 Land Reforms Commissioner, Government of WestBengalSecretary, Department of Revenue, Governmentof West BengalSecretary, Department of Scheduled Castes &Scheduled Tribes Welfare, Government of WestBengal

1982 - 83 Additional Secretary, Department of Mines,Ministry of Steel & Mines, Government of India

1984 - Feb. 1985 Advisor, 20-Point Programme & RuralDevelopment, Planning Commission

Feb. 1985 - May 1987 Secretary, Department of Rural Development,Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

May 1987 - Sept. 1988 Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry ofFinance, Government of India

Sept. 1988 - Dec. 1991 Executive Director, Asian Development Bank(representing Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, LaoPeople's Democratic Republic and SocialistRepublic of Vietnam)

Aug. 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2011- Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on LabourOct. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water

Conservation and ManagementApril 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationJune - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on

the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011

Books Published (i) Land, Labour & Governance: World View, 2007,(ii) Empowering Women Panchayat Members,Concept, New Delhi (co-authored withDr. Amitava Mukherjee) and (iii) New Issues inPanchayati Raj, Concept, New Delhi

Social and Cultural Activities, Was involved in the programme of land reformsLiterary, Artistic and Scientific in West Bengal in the late sixties, late seventiesAccomplishments and other and early eighties; was intimately associatedSpecial Interests with vesting of ceiling surplus land during 1967-

1971 resulting in vesting of 1 million acres ofagricultural land, which was another rare successstory in the history of land reforms in India;developed the methodology and implemented"Operation Barga" for registration ofsharecroppers in West Bengal, which wasacclaimed as a successful model of land reforms

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in India; prepared a report on the ParticipatoryProcess in Agrarian Reforms for ESCAP, Bangkok;prepared and published two sets of papers onIndian Programme of Rural Employment on behalfof ILO; has written a number of articles on theproblems of rural labour, rural employment, landreforms, Panchayati Raj administration and non-governmental organisations, which werepublished in reputed Indian and foreign journals;regularly contributes articles to the Economic andPolitical Weekly, Mumbai and Mainstream, NewDelhi; participated and acted as a resource personin a number of national and international seminars/study circles relating to problems of ruralemployment, agrarian reforms and rural selfgovernment; specialised in rural development,agrarian relations, land reforms, agriculture, labourand Panchayati Raj administration

Other information Served in the Indian Administrative Service(I.A.S.), 1955-1989; allotted the West BengalCadre; Post retirement honorary positions held:Executive Chairman, Council for SocialDevelopment, New Delhi; Chairman, (i) BiharLand Reforms Commission, (ii) Central AdvisoryCommittee on Panchayati Raj, Ministry ofPanchayati Raj, Government of India, (iii) ExpertGroup on Rural Unrest, Planning Commission,Government of India, (iv) Bhagavatula CharitableTrust, Andhra Pradesh, (v) Study Group onUmbrella Legislation for the UnorganisedWorkers, the Second National Commission onLabour and (vi) National Science & TechnologyEntrepreneurship Development Board, Ministryof Science & Technology, Government of India

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BATRA, SHRI SHADI LAL[Indian National Congress - Haryana]

Father's Name Shri Aishi Lal Batra

Mother's Name Shrimati Suhag Wanti


Place of Birth Village Machhiwal, Distt. Jhang (Punjab now inPakistan)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Kanta Batra


Educational Qualifications B.Com., LL.B.Educated at Vaish College, Rohtak, Haryana andFaculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer, Lawyer, Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address 609/23, D.L.F. Colony, Rohtak - 124001 (Haryana)

Present Address B-3, A Block, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg,New Delhi-110001E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

2000 - 2005 and 2005 - 2009 Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly2000 - 2009 General Secretary, Congress Legislature Party2005 - 2006 Chairman, Estimates Committee, Haryana

Legislative Assembly2006 - 2009 Chairman, Haryana Agriculture Marketing BoardAug. 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureSept. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Law and Justice

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April 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on RulesJune - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the

Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Commerce

Social and Cultural Activities, Deeply involved in social work; set up an ArtsLiterary, Artistic and Scientific and Commerce Degree College under theAccomplishments and other patronage of his Kul-guru in 1970-71 in a ruralSpecial Interests area; serving the rural and the under privileged

sections of society; practised law with distinctionin Civil Law

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Badminton and tennis; reading and sight-seeingPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Visited Pakistan, as a member of the lawyer'sdelegation; U.K., France, Germany, Holland, Italy,U.S.A., Canada, Singapore, China and Turkey

Other Information As a member of the Haryana LegislativeAssembly, raised issues concerning the welfareof farmers; committed to promote honesty andtransperancy in politics; has earned love andaffection of the masses

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BEHERA, SHRI SHASHI BHUSAN[Biju Janata Dal - Odisha]

Father's Name Late Shri Madhusudan Behera

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Harshamani Behera

Date of Birth 12 February 1953

Place of Birth Nuapatna, Distt. Khurda (Odisha)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Suprabha Kumari Mohanty


Educational Qualifications GraduateEducated at Ravenshaw College, Utkal University,Cuttack (Odisha)


Permanent Address Nuapatna, P.O. Banguari, Via - Fulnakhara,Distt. Khurda- 754001 (Odisha)Tel.: 0671-2503688

Present Address C-103, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi -110001Mobile : 09437002688E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1997 - 99 Member, Zonal Railway Recruitment Board (SouthEastern Railway)Member, F.C.I. Advisory Committee, OdishaMember, National Handicraft Textile Board

2001 - 2002 Elected Member, National Telephone AdvisoryCommittee

2004 - 2009 Member, Odisha Legislative Assembly2004 - 2006 Member, House Committee on Cooperatives2004 - 2009 Member, House Committee on Submission

Member, Library Committee

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2005 - 2009 Member, Committee on Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled TribesMember, Standing Committee on WaterResources, Agriculture, Fisheries & AnimalResources Development (No.2)

July 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on AgricultureAug. 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Food Processing IndustriesNov. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development SchemeAug. 2011 - Feb. 2013 Member, Committee on Urban DevelopmentAug. 2012 onwards Leader, B.J.D. (Biju Janata Dal), Rajya Sabha

Member, Parliamentary Forum on WaterConservation and Management

Dec. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on EthicsFeb. 2013 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

Culture

Social and Cultural Activities, Awarded Best Youth Legislator Award-2005Literary, Artistic and Scientific (Utkalmani Gopabandhu Pratibha Samman)Accomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Other Information Former Vice-President and General Secretary,Yuva Janata Dal, Orissa, 1980-1992; GeneralSecretary, All Orissa Kaibarta Mahasabha, aleading fisherman organization of the State;Founder Secretary, Cuttack HomoeopathicMedical College and Hospital, 1985-1995;Member, State Executive, B.J.D. State Unit, 2010

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BERNARD, SHRI A.W. RABI[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father's Name Shri M. Arokiaswamy

Mother's Name Shrimati A. Kulandai Theresa


Place of Birth Koneripatti, Distt. Salem (Tamil Nadu)

Marital Status Married on 6 April 1988

Spouse's Name Shrimati T. Berneth Premila


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Journalism and Mass Communication),Certificate in Radio Management and Sales,Investigative Journalism, M.A. (Communications)Educated at University of Santo Tomas, Manila,Philippines, U.S.I.S., New Delhi, U.S. Departmentof State, Washington, U.S.A. and University ofthe Philippines, Manila

Profession Professor, Journalist, T.V. Anchor

Permanent Address 31, Dr. B. Narasimhan Salai, T. Nagar,Chennai - 600017 (Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 044-28154420Mobile : 09940695552E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 12, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Mobile: 9013181552E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

July 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaAugust 2011 onwards Member, Committee on External Affairs

Books Published Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation, 2006

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Social and Cultural Activities, Became a broadcaster at the age of 18 years; hasLiterary, Artistic and Scientific worked in newspapers; has been a leadingAccomplishments and other television talk show host in Tamil Nadu since theSpecial Interests advent of satellite television broadcasting; has

taught in colleges

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading books, writing dramas, poems, etc.Pastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand,U.S.A. and several European countries

Other Information Has interviewed several international and nationalleaders and business tycoons; was Professor,Visual Communication, Loyola College, Chennai

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BHATTACHARYA, SHRI P.[Indian National Congress - West Bengal]

Father's Name Late Shri Nirod Kumar Bhattacharya

Mother's Name Shrimati Sumati Prava Bhattacharya


Place of Birth Suri, Distt. Birbhum (West Bengal)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Anjana Bhattacharya


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), M.A.Educated at Itagoria High School, Suri,Vidyasagar College and Burdwan University,West Bengal

Profession Political and Social Worker, Teacher andEducationist

Permanent Address 59 A, Palm Avenue, Flat No. 4, Kolkata - 700019 (West Bengal)Tel.: 033-22873922, 22870033Fax: 033-22873922E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address B-103, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg, New Delhi-110001

Positions Held

1972 - 77 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly1972 - May 1976 Minister of State, Labour, Government of West

Bengal1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok SabhaAug. 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Urban DevelopmentMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Government Asssurances

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Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on CommerceDec. 2012 onwards Member, National Tiger Conservation Authority

Social and Cultural Activities, Connected with many literary and social organi-Literary, Artistic and Scientific sations; Member, Planning Board, Asiatic Society;Accomplishments and other Board Member, Raja Rammohan Roy Foundation;Special Interests has participated in various debates, extempore,

cultural, social and political discussions;attended, several seminars all over India; owns apublishing house and Prag Vash, a quarterlymagazine; has written several articles oncontemporary issues in various newspapers andmagazines

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Life Member, Cricket Association of BengalPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.K., as a part of Labour delegation ofWest Bengal to the I.L.O.; U.S.A., South Africa,France and Switzerland

Other Information Lecturer, Chittaranjan College, Kolkata, 1977 toJanuary 2005

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BHUNDER, SHRI BALWINDER SINGH[Shiromani Akali Dal - Punjab]

Father's Name Sardar Boota Singh

Mother's Name Shrimati Surjeet Kaur


Place of Birth Village Bhunder, Distt. Mansa (Punjab)

Marital Status Married in December 1963

Spouse's Name Shrimati Balwant Kaur

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Government Rajindra College,Bhatinda (Punjab)

Profession Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address Vill. Bhunder, P.O. Sardulgarh, Distt. Mansa(Punjab)Tel. : 01659-250022Mobile : 9872997441

Present Address 129-131, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1964 - 72 Village Sarpanch1972 - 77, 1977 - 80, 1980 - 85, Member, Punjab Legislative Asembly1985 - 87 and 2002 - 20071977 - 80 Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, Forest and Soil

Conservation, Government of Punjab1997 Chairman, Agriculture Marketing Board, Punjab

(Mandi Board, Punjab) with Cabinet Minister rankApril 1998 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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1998 - 99 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies andPublic DistributionMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Agriculture

July 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf

(Amendment) Bill, 2010Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Water Resources

Social and Cultural Activities, Agriculture and service to humanityLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Volleyball, cycling and badmintonPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.A. and Canada

Other Information Was imprisoned for six months during theEmergency; participated in agitations for thewelfare of farmers; was jailed four times inconnection with farmers' agitations; President,All India Kisan Wing, Shiromani Akali Dal;General Secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal

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BORA, SHRI PANKAJ[Indian National Congress - Assam]

Father's Name Late Shri Phanidhar Bora

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Nalini Probha Bora


Place of Birth Guwahati, Distt. Kamrup (Assam)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Bani Bora

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.)Educated at Cotton College, Guwahati


Permanent Address House No. 14, Bye Lane 8/4, Lachitnagar,Guwahati-781007 (Assam)Tel.: 0361-2452000E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 17, Ferozeshah Road, New DelhiTel. : 23782757

Positions Held

2001 - 2006 Member, Assam Legislative Assembly2002 - 2004 Cabinet Minister, Education, Government of

Assam2004 - 2006 Chairman, Guwahati Metropolitan Development

Authority2011 Press Advisor to Chief Minister, AssamDec. 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Defence

Member, National Institutes of Technology (NIT)Council

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BOSE, SHRI SRINJOY[All India Trinamool Congress - West Bengal]

Father's Name Shri Swapan Sadhan Bose

Mother's Name Shrimati Sampa Bose


Place of Birth Kolkata (West Bengal)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Nilanjana Bose

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B. Com. (Pass)Educated at Don Bosco, Kolkata and CalcuttaUniversity, Kolkata

Profession Journalist/Writer, Trader and Industrialist

Permanent Address 52/3, Pramathesh Barua Sarani,Kolkata-700019 (West Bengal)Tel.: 033-24192223Fax: 033-24614255, 22126031E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 35, Meena Bagh, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23795068, 23370587Fax: 011-23795172, 23370587

Positions Held

Aug. 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Industry

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Shipping

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Books Published (i) Mahakarane Mamata, 2011 and (ii) Tagore thePainter, 2011

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Assistant General Secretary, Mohun Bagan Club-Pastimes and Recreation National Football Club of India

Countries Visited U.K., U.S.A., U.A.E., Turkey, Thailand, Australia,Sri Lanka, Germany and Bangladesh

Other Information Editor-in-Chief, Sangbad Pratidin, a BengaliNewspaper; Advisor, Radio Asia - the firstMalayalam Radio Station in the Gulf

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BUDANIA, SHRI NARENDRA[Indian National Congress - Rajasthan]

Father's Name Late Choudhary Pratap Singh BudaniaMother's Name Shrimati Rukamni DeviDate of Birth 5 July 1956Place of Birth Dudhwakhara, Distt. Churu (Rajasthan)Marital Status Married on 2 March 1980Spouse's Name Shrimati Kanak BudaniaChildren Two sonsEducational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.B.

Educated at Lohia P.G. College, Churu andUniversity of Rajasthan, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

Profession Agriculturist, Advocate and Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address 14-A, Budania Bhawan, Sainik Colony, Churu,RajasthanTel.: 01562-252814Mobile: 9810622804

Present Address AB-79, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi - 110001Mobile: 9868181182E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1982 - 85 Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Dudhwakhara, Churu(Rajasthan)Chairman, Agriculture Committee, P.S. Churu

1983 - 85 Convenor, Kisan Congress, Churu1984 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha1985 - 89 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of AgricultureMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof RailwaysMember, House Committee

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1987 - 90 General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress(A.I.Y.C.)

1991 - 93 Organising-Secretary, Rajasthan PradeshCongress Committee (R.P.C.C.)

1993 - 96 Member, Rajasthan Legislative AssemblyDeputy Chief Whip, Congress Legislative Party

1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (second term)1996 onwards Convenor, Congress Parliamentary Party,

Rajasthan1996 - 97 Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Petroleum

1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (third term)1998 - 99 and 1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Estimates1998 - 99 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Chemicals and Fertilizers

Aug. 2009 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 22 June2010)

June 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on AgricultureSept. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Government AssurancesApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, House CommitteeAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Industry

Social and Cultural Activities, Upliftment of the poor, Scheduled Castes andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Scheduled Tribes, minorities and farmersAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Hockey; travelling and watching moviesPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited North Korea and U.S.A.

Other Information Belongs to a family of freedom fighters;Joint-Secretary, Students Union, ScienceFaculty, Bagla H.S. School, Churu, 1970-71;Vice-President, Students Union, Lohia P.G.College, Churu, 1973-74; President, StudentsUnion, Lohia P.G. College, Churu, 1974-75;Member, Employees' State Insurance Corporation,1998-99

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CHAKRABORTY, SHRI SHYAMAL[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - West Bengal]

Father's Name Late Shri Sushil Chakraborty

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Anupama Devi


Place of Birth Village Shivpur, Distt. Khulna (now inBangladesh)


Spouse's Name Late Shrimati Shipra Bhoumick (Chakraborty)


Educational Qualifications B. A.Educated at University of Calcutta, Kolkata

Profession Political Worker and Trade Unionist

Permanent Address D/6, Manicktala Housing Estate, V.I.P. Road, Kolkata-700054 (West Bengal)

Present Address (i) 369/1, Purbachal, Kalitala Road,Avishikta-1, 2-B, 404,Kolkata-700067 (West Bengal)

(ii) 168, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23094589E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1981 - 96 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly1983 - 85 Chairman, Kolkata State Transport Corporation1987 - 96 Minister of Transport and Second Hooghly River

Bridge Commission, Government of West BengalApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on PetitionsAug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on EnergyAug. 2009 onwards

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Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Road Transport and Highways

March 2010 onwards Member, Railway Convention CommitteeAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)Dec. 2012 onwards Member, National Welfare Board for Seafarers

Books Published In Bengali: (i) Samaj Tantra Key Abong Keno(What is Socialism and Why?), 1978, (ii) KashmirAtit, Bartaman and Bhabishat (Kashmir Past,Present and Future), 1998, (iii) Tin Prasanga(Three Issues), 2001, (iv) Garu O Trishul (Cowand Trident), 2001, (v) Arjara Ki Bharater AdimAdhibasi (Whether Aryans are Aboriginal inIndia), 2002, (vi) Jharer Kheya (Boat in the Storm),2008 and (vii) Chhatra Andolon: 60:70 (Students’Movement 60:70), 2010; Booklets:(i) Unorganised Worker in West Bengal, 2005 and(ii) On Retail Trade, 2007

Social and Cultural Activities, Social activist on energy conservation; wasLiterary, Artistic and Scientific involved in organising workers' trainingAccomplishments and other programme for the unemployed youths onSpecial Interests manufacturing of solar equipments; has written

articles in several newspapers and journals

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Writing articles and welfare activities for thePastimes and Recreation workers

Countries Visited Switzerland, U.S.S.R., China, Bangladesh,Sri Lanka, Cuba, Germany, Austria, U.K., U.S.A.,France, Italy, Spain and Vietnam

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CHANDRASEKHAR, SHRI RAJEEV[Independent - Karnataka]

Father's Name Air Commodore M.K. Chandrasekhar (Retd.)

Mother's Name Shrimati Valli Chandrasekhar


Place of Birth Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

Marital Status Married on 26 August

Spouse's Name Shrimati Anju Chandrasekhar


Educational Qualifications B.E. (Electrical Engg.), Masters in ComputerScience, Advanced Management ProgrammeEducated at Manipal Institute of Technology,Manipal (Karnataka), Illinois Institute ofTechnology, Chicago and Harvard University,Boston (U.S.A.)

Profession Entrepreneur

Permanent Address (i) 11th Floor, Major Tower,Sir M. Vishweshvaraiah Center,Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi,Bangalore- 560001 (Karnataka)Tel.: 080-22863600Fax: 080-22863680

(ii) Jupiter Innovision Centre,54, Richmond Road,Bangalore - 560025 (Karnataka)Tel.: 080-25585908Fax: 080-25587843

Present Address 211, North Avenue, New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 011-23094044Fax: 011-23094042E-mail: [email protected]

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Positions Held

1999 - 2002 Member, Advisory Committee, Ministry ofInformation Technology, Government of IndiaChairman, Infrastructure Task Force, Governmentof Karnataka

1999 - 2003 Member, Prime Minister’s Council on Trade andDevelopment

April 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Information TechnologyAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011June 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Parliamentary Forum on YouthJan. 2010 onwardsJuly 2006 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Urban DevelopmentFeb. 2008 - Feb. 2009 President, Federation of Indian Chambers of

Commerce and Industry (F.I.C.C.I.)2009 onwards Co- chairman, Vigilance & Monitoring Committee,

Bangalore Urban DistrictAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 and Member, Committee on FinanceAug. 2012 onwardsAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of FinanceApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Urban Development

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder and Managing Trustee, RC FoundationLiterary, Artistic and Scientific which is mainly focussed on programmesAccomplishments and other aimed at primary education for poor children; hasSpecial Interests been at the forefront of raising finances and

resources for important causes like support forTsunami affected people, Kargil war and defencepersonnel, training of tribals in Kalahandi regionof Orissa and rehabilitation of children impactedby the tragic burning of school in Kumbakonamin Tamil Nadu; interested in technology and inpublic-private partnerships for development ofthe country’s infrastructure, governmentfinances, governance and national security

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Flying, squash, driving and musicPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., France, Germany, Portugal,Switzerland, Spain, Finland, Austria, U.A.E.,Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Japan, etc.

Other Information Director, (i) Bangalore International AirportLimited and (ii) Karnataka Power Corporation

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Limited; as a senior technology professional inthe Silicon Valley at the world’s leadingtechnology company, Intel Inc. between 1985 and1991; was Senior Design Engineer of the teamthat designed and launched 32 bit 80486microprocessor and CPU architect in the teamthat designed the path breaking Pentiummicroprocessor; Founder Chairman, BPL Mobile,1994-2005; he founded BPL Mobile in 1994 andwas one of the pioneers to invest in and build theIndian telecom sector; he has been an activeparticipant/contributor in the development of theIndian telecom sector which is widely recognisedas one of the successes of privateentrepreneurship in infrastructure sector;Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JupiterCapital, a venture development, management andinvestment company focussing on infrastructureand technology ventures since July 2005

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CHATTERJEE, SHRI PRASANTA[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - West Bengal]

Father's Name Late Shri Ananda Mohan Chatterjee

Mother's Name Shrimati Leela Chatterjee

Date of Birth 26 November 1939

Place of Birth Pakshi, Distt. Pabna (now Bangladesh)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Sefali Chatterjee

Educational Qualifications MatriculationEducated at Narikeldanga High School, Kolkataand City College, Kolkata


Permanent Address T-4, Manicktola Government Housing Estate,VIP Road, Kolkata -700054Tel.: 23558900, 23558888, 22840957, 22840958

Present Address 135, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23093531, 23092081Mobile : 9868181792E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1965 - 71 and 1985 - 2000 Councillor, Calcutta Municipal Corporation1969 - 70 Member, Board of Directors, Calcutta

Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority1978 - 84 Convenor, Calcutta Municipal Corporation

Advisory Committee1985 - 90 Member, Mayor-in-Council, Calcutta Municipal

Corporation1985 - 2000 Member, Board, Calcutta Metropolitan

Development Authority1990 - 2000 Mayor of KolkataApril 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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Jan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on IndustryMarch 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Joint Committee on Salary, Allowances

and Pension of Members of ParliamentAug. 2004 - July 2006 Member, Committee on Urban DevelopmentAug. 2004 onwards Member, Committee on Public AccountsSept. 2004 - Sept. 2006 Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development Scheme (Rajya Sabha)Oct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Urban DevelopmentAug. 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Home AffairsAug. 2009 onwardsSept. 2006 onwards Member, Committee on RulesApril 2007 - May 2009 Member, Sub-Committee on Housing Scheme for

Central Police Forces and Delhi Police of theCommittee on Home Affairs

Nov. 2007 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2008 onwards Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen,

Rajya Sabha (re-nominated on 1 August 2011,12 April 2012, 17 July 2012 and 9 November 2012)

Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Rural Development and the Ministry ofPanchayati Raj

May 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Public AccountsMay 2012 onwards Member, Sub-Committee on the North Eastern

Region

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with (i) educational and culturalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific institutes at Kolkata and (ii) preservation ofAccomplishments and other heritage buildings; contributed towards makingSpecial Interests Kolkata museum

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Founder, Youngers Sports OrganisationPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited France, U.K., Sri Lanka, Croatia and erstwhileCzeckslovakia

Other Information Member, Governing Board, The CalcuttaImprovement Trust; Founder Member, CitizensCommittee; President, Busti (Slums) Federation,Kolkata

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CHATURVEDI, SHRI SATYAVRAT[Indian National Congress - Madhya Pradesh]

Father's Name Late Shri Baboo Ramji Chaturvedi

Mother's Name Shrimati Vidyawati Chaturvedi


Place of Birth Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Neelam Chaturvedi

Children One son and two daughters

Educational Qualifications Senior CambridgeEducated at Sainik School, Rewa (MadhyaPradesh)

Profession Farmer, Political and Social Worker, Sportsmanand Writer

Permanent Address “Toria House” Chhatarpur - 471001(Madhya Pradesh)Tel.: 07682-241215, 241815

Present Address AB-92, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110011Mobile: 9868181950

Positions Held1980 - 84 and 1993 - 97 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

(two terms)1983 - 84 Deputy Minister, Government of Madhya

Pradesh1993 - 95 Chairman, Committee on Petitions1996 - 97 Chairman, Committee of Privileges1999 - Feb. 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on External Affairs

Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development SchemeMember, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry ofParliamentary Affairs

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2000 Member, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Railways

2004 General Secretary, All India Congress Committee(A.I.C.C.)

2006 Member, Congress Working CommitteeApril 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2006 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Railways

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Environment and Forests

Sept. 2006 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMay 2008 onwards Member, Committee on Official LanguageJune 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on

Security Matters in Parliament House ComplexJan. 2009 - Jan. 2012 Member, Board of Management of Babasaheb

Bhimrao Ambedkar UniversityAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on AgricultureJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of External AffairsSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on RulesApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaJune - Nov. 2012 Chairman, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on

the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011

Social and Cultural Activities, Poet in Hindi and Urdu; Founder; “TheLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Bundelkhand Lok Kala Aivam Sahitya Samiti,”Accomplishments and other Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh; contributing toSpecial Interests the promotion of literature and sports in

Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh;Secretary; “Maharaja Chhatrasal Public Trust”,Chhatarpur; was rewarded by the Government ofMadhya Pradesh in 1973 for outstandingcontribution to the eradication of the dacoityproblem in Bundelkhand region of the State;travelling, photography, reading and music

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket, tennis and golf; Member, Sports CouncilPastimes and Recreation of Madhya Pradesh, 1975 -78

Countries Visited Nepal, U.A.E., Germany, Czech Republic,Switzerland, U.S.A., Taiwan and Suriname

Other Information Son of veteran freedom fighter parents Shri BabooRamji Chaturvedi, a Minister in the P.C. SethiGovernment in Madhya Pradesh and ShrimatiVidyawati Chaturvedi, Member of Rajya Sabhafor two terms from 1966 to 1978 and a member ofSeventh and Eighth Lok Sabha, elected fromKhajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

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CHAVAN, SMT. VANDANA[Nationalist Congress Party - Maharashtra]

Father's Name Shri Vijayrao A. Mohite

Mother's Name Shrimati Jayashree V. Mohite


Place of Birth Pune (Maharashtra)


Spouse's Name Shri Hemant V. Chavan


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.B.Educated at Hutchings High School, Pune,Fergusson College, Pune and I.L.S. Law College,Pune

Profession Lawyer/Advocate

Permanent Address "Yashodhan", 212/51, Rambaug Colony,Pune-411030 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 020-24333190 (R), 24333366,

020-25533532 (O)Fax: 020-24333190Mobile: 9422029000E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Present Address B-503, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg,New Delhi-110003Mobile: 9013181961E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1992 - 2007 Councillor, Pune Municipal Corporation1997 - 98 Mayor, Pune CityMarch 2010 - Dec. 2010 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council

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April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Water ResourcesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water

Conservation and ManagementMember, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)

Books Published (i) Law of Cruelty, Abetment of Suicide and DowryDeath, (Co-author), 1993 and (ii) Green India-Clean India, Swapna Udyachi-Sundar Jagachi(a reference book in Marathi on climate change),2011

Social and Cultural Activities, As Mayor of Pune city, 1997-1998, initiated,Literary, Artistic and Scientific Literacy Drive, in which 44,000 women attainedAccomplishments and other literacy in one year; initiated, SMILE (SavitriSpecial Interests Marketing Institution for Ladies Empowerment),

a marketing outlet for products manufactured bywomen in 2000; SMILE received recognition fromthe Government of Maharashtra in 2005, underthe Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana; SMILEis listed amongst 11 innovative practices in Indiaunder the Urban Poverty Alleviation Programme's''Register of Innovations", published by theGovernment of India and UNDP, 2009; theinitiative has also been selected as a Good Practiceby the UN-HABITAT under its DubaiInternational Award for Best Practices, 2009;initiated, ALERT (Association for Learning,Education, Research and Training), an initiativethrough which work towards creating awarenesson climate change and sustainable developmentis taken up; ALERT has also successfullycatalyzed policy decisions at local Governmentlevel; has been organizing "Mahila Sahitya andSanskriti Sammelan" since 1999

Countries Visited Led, a delegation of Women Mayor's to Sydney(Australia) for the Metropolis Congress on'Connecting Cities', October 2008; was invited,(i) to speak on 'Women and Local Governance', ata workshop organised by Metropolis on 'Localand Metropolitan Governance' Barcelona (Spain),March 2003, (ii) to Speak on 'Women andEnvironment' at the Eighth World Congress ofthe Metropolis on Tradition and Transformation:the future of the city, Berlin (Germany), May 2005,

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(iii) to present a paper on 'ParticipatoryGovernance' at the 'Municipal Leaders Summit onClimate Change', Montreal (Canada), 2005, (iv) toparticipate in Seminar 433 on 'Women, PoliticalPower and Next Generation Leadership', organisedby Salzburg Seminars, Salzburg (Austria),September 2006, (v) to chair the Session on'Equality of Women in Asia' at a conference on"Dynamic Cities Need Women", Brussels(Belgium), December 2007, was also a member ofthe six member Brussels Declaration Committee,(vi) to attend and speak at a Training Programmeon Cities and Climate Change by the Eco-Regionof the Metropolis where training on ClimateChange and Measures to Prevent the NegativeImpact of Greenhouse Gases, Climate Plan andLocal Planning tools was provided, Paris (France),December 2010 and (vii) as a speaker at thePlenary-Promoting an Asian Gender Network atthe 1st Asian Women's Network Forum, under thetheme of Women in Asian Cities: Crisis, Agencyand Change, Seoul, September 2011; was selectedas 'Eisenhower Fellow' by the EisenhowerFellowships, to visit U.S.A. in 2000; awarded,Fellowship, at the Institute of Social Sciences on"Participatory Process in Municipal Governance",the Netherlands, April 2002

Other Information Awarded, (i) 'Certificate of Appreciation forExemplary Work Done in the Field of Environment'by Rotary Club, Kothrud, (ii) 'VocationalExcellence Award' for social work by Rotary Club,Ganeshkhind, 1995-96, (iii) 'Ideal WomanCouncillor Award-1996', in recognition ofmeritorious service rendered for the cause of thepoor and public at large by Yuvabharati,(iv) 'Efficient Councillor Award-1996', inrecognition of the work done as Councillor, PuneMunicipal Corporation by the Rajeev GandhiFoundation, Pune, (v) 'Ahilyabai Holkar Puraskar',in recognition of the work done for theempowerment of women by the Government ofMaharashtra for the year 2003-2004, (vi) 'Vocationaland Service Excellence Award-2010' by RotaryClub, Pune Riverside and (vii) Green AmbassadorAward by Trishakti Foundation, 2009-2010;received recognition of service by TopManagement Club, Pune

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CHIRANJEEVI, DR. K.[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father's Name Shri Konidala Venkata Rao

Mother's Name Shrimati Anjana Devi


Place of Birth Mogalthur, Narsapur, Distt. West Godavari(Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Konidala Surekha


Educational Qualifications B. Com.Educated at YNM College, Narsapur, Distt. WestGodavari, Andhra Pradesh

Profession Artiste, Politician

Permanent Address 303 N, Road No. 25, Jubilee Hills,Hyderabad-500033Tel. : 040-23544546Fax : 040-23545511

Present Address 17, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110011Tel. : 011-23718310, 23717969Fax : 011-23731506

Positions Held

May 2009 - March 2012 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative AssemblyApril 2012 Elected to Rajya Sabha28 Oct. 2012 onwards Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Tourism, Government of India

Social and Cultural Activities, Accomplished mega star of Telugu Film industryLiterary, Artistic and Scientific and has acted in nearly 150 films; as an actor,Accomplishments and other won a legion of awards; awarded, PadmaSpecial Interests Bhushan in 2007 by the Government of India;

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received, 9 Filmfare Awards in the Best Actorcategory, Nandi Awards 3 times by the Governmentof Andhra Pradesh and Lifetime AchievementAward in 2010; Filmfare Special Award forHonorary Legendary acting career in 2006;received, Highest Income Tax Payer Sammanaward for the assessment year 1999-2000;conferred, Honorary Doctorate by the AndhraUniversity in 2006

Sports, Clubs, Favourite As a student, participated in the Republic DayPastimes and Recreation Parade representing the NCC (Naval Wing) as

Senior Cadet Captain in January 1976

Countries Visited Visited, London (U.K.), Vietnam, Laos PDR, Spainand Germany in the capacity of Union Minister ofState (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofTourism, to promote tourism in the internationalarena

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CHOWDARY, SHRI Y. S.[Telugu Desam Party - Andhra Pradesh]

Father's Name Shri Y. Janardhana Rao

Mother's Name Shrimati Y. Suseela Kumari


Place of Birth Hyderabad, Distt. Ranga Reddy (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Y. Padmaja


Educational Qualifications B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) from ChaitanyaInstitute of Technology, HyderabadMaster of Engineering from P.S.G. College ofTechnology, Coimbatore

Profession Industrialist

Permanent Address Plot No. 29, Sagar Society, Road No. 2, BanjaraHills, Hyderabad-500034 (Andhra Pradesh)Tel. : 040-23352338 (O)Fax : 040-23357788 (O)E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address A-46, 2nd Floor, Vasant Marg, Vasant Vihar,New Delhi-110050Tel.: 011-26147614Fax : 011-26144002Mobile: 09013181699E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

June 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on CommerceAug. 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Food Processing Industries

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Nov. 2011 onwards Member, Court of University of HyderabadAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Energy

Social and Cultural Activities, Promoting social welfare activities throughLiterary, Artistic and Scientific 'Sujana Foundation', especially for the service ofAccomplishments and other the under privileged in the areas of educationSpecial Interests and health; takes active participation in relief

works undertaken for those affected due to naturalcalamities

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Collection of vintage cars; Life Member,Pastimes and Recreation Constitution Club of India; Member, (i) Jubilee

Hills International Centre and (ii) Young PresidentsOrganisation (YPO)

Countries Visited U.S.A., Europe, Middle East, South East Asia andNew Zealand

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CHOWDHURY, SMT. RENUKA[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father's Name Air Comm. K.S. Rao

Mother's Name Shrimati Vasundhra Rao


Place of Birth Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

Marital Status Married on 7 October 1973

Spouse's Name Shri S. Chowdhury


Educational Qualifications Post Graduate (Master of Industrial Psychology)Educated at Karnataka University, Bangalore


Permanent Address H. No. 8-2-680, Road No. 12, Banjara Hills,Hyderabad-500034 (Andhra Pradesh)

Present Address 76, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 24654849E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldApril 1986 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 1992 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha1986 - 98 Chief Whip, Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party,

Rajya Sabha (two terms)1997 - 98 Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Health

and Family Welfare1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Finance2000 - 2001 Member, Committee on the Empowerment of

Women2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha23 May 2004 - 28 Jan. 2006 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of

the Ministry of Tourism

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29 Jan. 2006 - May 2009 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) ofthe Ministry of Women & Child Development

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Committee on FinanceMember, Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchSociety

Nov. 2012 onwards Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen,Rajya Sabha

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with various social and culturalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific organisations working in the field of women andAccomplishments and other child development; has written many articles andSpecial Interests short stories for children

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Art collection, reading books, gardening andPastimes and Recreation music

Countries Visited Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany,Indonesia, Italy, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, U.A.E.,U.K., U.S.A. and erstwhile U.S.S.R.

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DAIMARY, SHRI BISWAJIT[Bodoland Peoples Front - Assam]

Father's Name Late Shri Surendra Daimary

Mother's Name Late Shrimati Fedab Daimary


Place of Birth Suagpur, Distt. Baksa (Assam)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Mina Brahma Daimary

Educational Qualifications Higher SecondaryEducated at Kokrajhar College, Kokrajhar

Profession Political and Social Worker, Teacher

Permanent Address Village No. 5, Suagpur, P.O. Suagpur,P.S. Goreswar, Distt. Baksa (Assam)

Present Address 62, South Avenue, New Delhi - 110011Tel. : 23794428, 23794298E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

2001 - 2006 Member, Assam Legislative AssemblyMember, Public Accounts Committee, AssamLegislative Assembly

May 2008 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2009 onwards of RailwaysAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers

Social and Cultural Activities, Engaged in many social and cultural activities;Literary, Artistic and Scientific organising seminars and youth awarenessAccomplishments and other programmes; upliftment of the youth; interactingSpecial Interests with the youth; involved in public health

programmes

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football, volleyball, badminton, basketball, drama,Pastimes and Recreation music and arranging folk dance programmes

Countries Visited Bhutan, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Germany,France, the Netherlands, Austria, Brazil, Mauritius,Japan, Switzerland and U.K.

Other Information Has rendered voluntary social service duringstudent and political life; has worked for theupliftment of the backward rural tribals of thecountry; President, (i) Sanja Defeli AnchalikCommittee, All Bodo Students' Union, 1990-92and (ii) Kamrup District Committee, All BodoStudents' Union, 1994-96; General Secretary,(i) Sanja Defeli Anchalik Committee, All BodoStudents' Union, 1988-90 and (ii) Kamrup DistrictCommittee, All Bodo Students' Union, 1992-94;Assistant General Secretary, Central Committee,All Bodo Students' Union, 1996-2001; Treasurer,National Students and Youth Forum for SmallerStates (National Level), 1996-2001

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DALWAI, SHRI HUSAIN[Indian National Congress - Maharashtra]

Father's Name Shri Umar Khan Dalwai

Mother's Name Shrimati Hafija Umar Dalwai


Place of Birth Vill. Mirjoli, Tal. Chiplun, Distt. Ratnagiri(Maharashtra)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Shama Dalwai


Educational Qualifications M.A. (Sociology)Educated at United English School, Chiplun,Ratnagiri and Mumbai University, Mumbai,Maharashtra

Profession Industrial Worker/Trade Unionist, Journalist/Writer, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address (i) Residence: 2/50, Gulmohar, New M.I.G. Colony, Bandra (East), Mumbai-400051 (Maharashtra) Tel.: 022-26478786, 26474900 Telefax: 022-26472833, 26477970 (O) E-mail: [email protected]

(ii) Office: 1/6, Shriram CHS Ltd., Khernagar, Bandra (East), Mumbai-400051

Present Address C-1/5, Humayun Road, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 011-24698786Fax: 011-24628518Mobile: 09820187344, 09013181344

Positions Held

Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2003 and Member, Maharashtra Legislative CouncilJune 2010 - 3 Aug. 2011

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Oct. 1999 - March 2001 Cabinet Minister holding the portfolios of Labour,Waqf and Minor Ports, Government ofMaharashtra

July 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentDec. 2011 onwards Member, Central Advisory Committee for the

National Cadet CorpsAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Railways

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with Marathi literature in general andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific dalit literature in particular; developed a rapportAccomplishments and other and friendly relations with personalities in theSpecial Interests field of art, literature, media and theatre

Other Information Active in politics since college days; activelyparticipated in dalit movement; stood against theatrocities on dalit, adivasis, minority Muslims andChristians; worked among the tribal communityin Thane district and fought for the implementationof the 20-Point Programme which was appreciatedby the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, lateShri Shankarrao Chavan; propagated therecommendations of the Sachar Committee Reportall over Maharashtra and prepared amemorandum for the implementation of theReport; closely associated with academic circles;associated with the Khadi and Village IndustriesCommission, Maharashtra OBC and Muslim OBCSanghatana; as Labour Minister, Government ofMaharashtra initiated the idea of Umbrella Lawfor protecting the interest of large scaleunorganized labour in the State; initiated theformation of State level Waqf Board; Awarded,‘Best Parliamentarian Award’ for the year2001-2002 by Commonwealth ParliamentaryBoard, Maharashtra Branch; Chairman, ManavNavnirman Sankalp Charitable Trust; President,(i) Maulana Azad Vichar Manch, (ii) Rail MazdoorUnion, (iii) Mirjoli Panchkroshi Shikshan Mandal,(iv) Konkan Vikas Manch, (v) Konkan Women,Youth & Student Development Central Society(KOWYAS), (vi) Taximen’s Union, Mumbaiand (vii) Mumbai Auto Riksha Union; Convener,Dalit Atyachar Virodhi Sanghatana; Member, AllIndia Congress Committee; was Chairman,Maharashtra State Haj Committee; was President,Maharashtra State Samajwadi Party; was

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Secretary, (i) Yuvak Kranti Dal, (ii) Quami EktaSamiti, (iii) Taraqui Pasand Muslim Organisation,(iv) Committee for the implementation of MandalCommission Report and (v) Girni Kamagar Sabha;was General-Secretary, (i) Janata Dal and(ii) Konkan Labour Union; was Convener,(i) Movement of renaming of MarathawadaUniversity and (ii) Phule-Ambedkar VicharManch; was Observer, (i) Lok Sabha election 2004,Konkan region comprising North Mumbai,Rajapur Ratnagiri, Kulaba, Dahanu Constituenciesand Thane Municipal Corporation Election,(ii) Purnia district of Bihar State Assembly Election,(iii) Dharwad-Hubli district of Karnataka StateAssembly Election and (iv) Goa LegislativeAssembly Election 1998; was Member, (i) PeaceCommittee Maharashtra State, (ii) M.P.C.C.Manifesto Committee, 1999 and (iii) M.P.C.C.Election Committee, 1999; was Invitee Member,M.P.C.C. Election Committee, 1999

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DARDA, SHRI VIJAY JAWAHARLAL[Indian National Congress - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Shri Jawaharlal DardaMother’s Name Shrimati Veena Devi Jawaharlal DardaDate of Birth 14 May 1950Place of Birth Yavatmal (Maharashtra)Marital Status Married on 16 February 1971Spouse’s Name Shrimati Jyotsna Vijay DardaChildren One son and one daughterEducational Qualifications Diploma in Journalism & Printing TechnologyProfession National Service, Journalism, BusinessPermanent Address (i) “Yavatmal House”, Darda Udyan,

Darda Nagar, Wadgaon Yavatmal - 445001(Maharashtra)Tel.: 91-7232-245600, 242322, 242066

(ii) “Yavatmal House”, Swatantrata Senani Jawaharlal Darda Marg, Nagpur - 440022 (Maharashtra) Tel.: 91-712-2426628 Fax: 91-712-2425357

Present Address 49, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 91-11-24601726Telefax: 91-11-24601727Mobile: 91- 9868181222E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

July 1998 Elected to Rajya Sabha1998 Member, Standing Committee on Labour and

Employment WelfareAug. 1998 - Feb. 2004 Member, Standing Committee on FinanceAug. 1998 - Feb. 2004 and Member, Standing Committee on InformationAug. 2004 - Dec. 2006 Technology

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2002 onwards Vice-President/Member India-Turkey ParliamentaryFriendship Group

2003 Member, Committee on Petitions2003 onwards Member, Indo-China Society

Member, Parliamentary Forum on HIV/AIDSJuly 2004 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)2004 onwards Member, Indo-US Parliamentary Forum

Member, Indo-Pak Parliamentary Forum2005 onwards Member, Indo-Japan Parliamentary ForumFeb. 2005 onwards Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of

Company AffairsMay 2005 - 2010 Member, Organizing Committee of the

Commonwealth Games 2010Oct. 2006 - May 2009 and Permanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeJuly 2010 onwards Committee for the Ministry of Petroleum and

Natural Gas2006 - 2012 Vice-President, India-Israel Parliamentary

Friendship Group2006 onwards Member, Central Consumer Protection CouncilDec. 2006 onwards Member, Bureau of Indian StandardsDec. 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Standing Committee on FinanceAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012Sep. 2007 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2009 onwards of Civil AviationMay 2008 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on PetitionsJuly 2010 Re- elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationNov. 2010 onwards Member, Philatelic Advisory Committee,

Department of Posts, Government of IndiaMember, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Department ofCommerce, Ministry of Commerce and IndustryMember, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Northern Railways

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Central RailwaysMember, Committee on Commerce

2012 onwards Member, India-Uruguay Parliamentary Friendship GroupMember, India-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group

Books Published (i) The Indian Emergency as seen by an Indian,(ii) Lokmat Congress Centenary Special-1985,(iii) Straight Thoughts, (iv) Satyam ShivamSundaram, (v) Raktanjali - a book of inspiringpoems written by Col. V.P. Singh dedicated to theKargil Martyrs, (vi) Sanskar Pushp: discoursesof Jain Sadhvi Preeti Sudha Ji, (vii) Tapsi:Reminiscences of Veenadevi Darda, my respectedmother, (viii) Nemisharan: Compilation of

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discourses by Bhaishree Rameshbhai Ojha(Yavatmal 2003), (ix) Sidhi Baat (in Hindi) and(x) Na Sampnare (in Marathi)

Social and Cultural Activities, Honoured with, (i) Feroze Gandhi Memorial Award,Literary, Artistic and Scientific 1990-91, in recognition of contribution forAccomplishments and other fostering the spirit of national integrity and unitySpecial Interests through investigative journalism, (ii) Outstanding

Youth Person, 1987, by Indian National Jaycees,Chapter-Yavatmal Cotton City Jaycees, (iii) BestProduced Newspaper Award for Best PrintingTechnology, (iv) Nemichand ShrishrimalFoundation Award-1996 for excellence in the fieldof journalism, (v) Giant International JournalismAward, 1997 for best contribution in the field ofjournalism in Maharashtra State, (vi) “TenOutstanding Businessmen, Industrialists &Professionals Award, 2001”, (vii) Brijlal BiyaniAward for Journalism, 2006, (viii) Late VidydharGokhale Memorial Award - 7th Maharashtra CineNatya Paritoshik 2003 by Maharashtra KalaNiketan, Mumbai, (ix) Yavatmal Bhushan Award2007 by Yavatmal Rotary Club, (x) Late S.M. GargeJournalism Award for 2007 and (xi) InternationalJurists Award by the Rt Hon Lord Phillips,President, Supreme Court of the U.K., June 2011

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, India Habitat Centre; music, gardening,Pastimes and Recreation organizing sports events at state or regional level

with a focus on popularising Indian Games,travelling within India and all around the globe,literary pursuits

Countries Visited Widely travelledOther Information Chairman and Managing Director, Lokmat Group

of Newspapers; Chairman, (i) IBN - LOKMATNews (P) Ltd., (a Marathi TV channel from Mumbai)and (ii) Lokmat Newspapers Charitable Trust,Nagpur; elected Chairman, Audit Bureau ofCirculation Print Media, July 2010; has madesignificant contribution in the fields of Journalismand Printing; actively associated with severaleducational, social, cultural and corporate bodies;attended conferences and seminars with the PrimeMinister and many International PrintingExhibitions; accompanied the President of India inher State visit to Switzerland and Austria in Sept. -Oct. 2011; deeply concerned for betterment of smalland marginal farmers, especially of Vidarbha region

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DAS, SHRI KUMAR DEEPAK[Asom Gana Parishad - Assam]

Father’s Name Late Shri Ramani Mohan Das

Mother’s Name Shrimati Gangapriya Das


Place of Birth Bijni, Distt. Chirang (Assam)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Gitima Lekharu Das


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.B.Educated at Aryavidyapeeth College andM.C. College, Barpeta, Assam and Law College,Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati, Assam

Profession Artist, Journalist/Writer, Lawyer/Advocate,Musician, Political and Social Worker,Sportsperson and Sports Organiser

Permanent Address 4, Barnachal Road, Bamuni Maidan, Guwahati - 781021 (Assam)Tel.: 0361 - 2650041 (R)

Present Address 13-B, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23782258, 23782274E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

1985 - 90 Member, Assam Legislative AssemblyChairman, Public Undertakings Committee,Assam Legislative Assembly

1984 Chairman, Assam State Mineral DevelopmentCorporation Limited

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1988 Chairman, Assam State Co-operative Marketing &Consumers Federation Ltd. (STATFED)Minister of State, Government of Assam

June 2007 Elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2007 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Water ResourcesAug. 2009 onwardsSept. 2007 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of SteelAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Petroleum and Natural GasSept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

Books Published Wrote in Assamese, (i) Bibhina Dinar Chinta,1986, (ii) Mahurar Pare Pare, 1991, (iii) BiksovarChoka Torowal, 1998 and (iv) Jivanar Madhuri,2001; compiled and edited, (i) A FearlessDemocrate Hembarua, 2010, (ii) MahanagararKanthaswar, 2011 and (iii) An Ardent PatriotDinesh Goswami, 2012

Social and Cultural Activities, A lyricist, composer, singer, dramatist, actor andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific script writer; Advisor, Assam Natya Sanmilan;Accomplishments and other associated with various socio-culturalSpecial Interests organisations and activist of the Vaishnavite

movement of AssamSports, Clubs, Favourite President, Assam Volleyball Association;Pastimes and Recreation Vice-President, Volleyball Federation of India

(VFI); sports organizer; interested in sports,especially volleyball, cricket and football; singing,reading, writing and playing instrument

Other Information Was actively engaged in student movement since1973 and during the six year Assam movement1979; Executive Member, All Assam StudentsUnion (AASU) till 1985; Vice-President, Post-Graduate Students Union, Gauhati University in1981; a practising lawyer in the Gauhati High Courtsince 1991; Chairman, Assam State Film Financeand Development Corporation Limited, 1996;Ex- Member, (i) North East Zone Cultural Centre,Dimapur, Nagaland and (ii) East Zone CulturalCentre, Kolkata, West Bengal

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DAVE, SHRI ANIL MADHAV [Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Madhav Lal Dave

Mother’s Name Shrimati Pushpa Dave


Place of Birth Barnagar, Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)

Marital Status Unmarried

Educational Qualifications M.Com.Educated at Gujarati College, Indore, MadhyaPradesh

Profession Social Work

Permanent Address ‘Nadi Ka Ghar’, Senior M.I.G. -2, Ankur Colony,Near Parul Hospital, Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal - 462016(Madhya Pradesh)

Present Address C-603, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi -110001E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]@gmail.com

Positions Held

Aug. 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Water Resources


March 2010 - June 2010 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warmingand Climate Change

June 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf

(Amendment) Bill, 2010Books Published In Hindi, (i) Srajan Se Visarjan Tak, (ii) Chandra

Shekhar Azad, (iii) Sambhal Ke Rahna Ghar MeinChhupe hue Gaddaro Se, (iv) Shatabdi Ke

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Paanch Kale Panne, (v) Narmada Samagra(travelogue) and (vi) Samgra Gram Vikas; InEnglish, (i) From Amarkantak to Amarkantak and(ii) Beyond Copenhagen

Social and Cultural Activities, Ex-Chief Editor, ‘Charaiveti’ (monthly);Literary, Artistic and Scientific Ex-Editor, ‘JAP’, Jan Abhiyan Parishad’s JournalAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Countries Visited U.K., France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria andDenmark

Other Information Working for the Narmada river’s conservation;Vice-President, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh

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DEORA, SHRI MURLI[Indian National Congress - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Shri Sitaram Deora

Mother’s Name Shrimati Gigibai Deora




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Hema Deora

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.A.

Profession Political and Social Worker, Industrialist

Permanent Address 3W, Ramalayam, Dr. Gopalrao Deshmukh Road,Mumbai-400026 (Maharashtra)Tel. : 23537001, 23537002 (R), 22852930, 22022942(O)Fax : 23537004 (R), 22875994 (O)

Present Address 65, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003Tel. : 24615316, 24693941Fax : 24636969Mobile : 9811030477E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1968 - 78 Municipal Councillor, Municipal Corporation ofMumbai

1977 - 78 Mayor of Mumbai1982 - 85 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council

Director, Life Insurance CorporationChairman, Maharashtra Small Scale IndustrialDevelopment Corporation

1985 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha

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1991 - 96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha1995 - 96 International President, Parliamentarians for

Global Action, New York1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha

Chairman, Standing Committee on Finance1998 - 99 and Member, Consultative Committee for the Oct. 2004 -Jan. 2006 Ministry of FinanceApril 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha2002 - 2004 Chairman, Parliamentarians for Global Action, India2004 - 2005 Vice-President, International Federation of Red

Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva2005 onwards Member, Foundation of International Federation

of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies29 Jan. 2006 - 18 Jan. 2011 Minister of Petroleum and Natural GasApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha19 Jan. 2011-12 July 2011 Minister of Corporate AffairsAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on External Affairs

Social and Cultural Activities, Involved in social work for the last several years;Literary, Artistic and Scientific organized several eye camps; as Vice-Chairman,Accomplishments and other Gandhi Institute of Computer Education &Special Interests Information Technology of Bharatiya Vidya

Bhavan, started in over 30 cities in India freecomputer training to poor and under privilegedyouth; as Vice-Chairman of the Indian Red CrossSociety, helped and mobilized relief work duringnatural/man made calamities

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Keen bridge playerPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Travelled several times around the world

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DESAI, SHRI ANIL[Shiv Sena - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Shri Yeshwant Desai

Mother’s Name Shrimati Gulab Yeshwant Desai




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Priti Anil Desai


Educational Qualifications B.Com, LL. B.Educated at Mumbai University, Mumbai

Profession Trade Unionist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address A-13/2, Skyscraper, 74, Bhulabhai Desai Road,Breach Candy, Mumbai - 400026 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 022-23678585 (R), 23615252, 24309128 (O)E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address C-404, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23714687Mobile : 9013181585E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

Member, Committee on Urban Development

Social and Cultural Activities, Social service; organising seminars, conferencesLiterary, Artistic and Scientific and development programmesAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket, gymnasium, reading, music and socialPastimes and Recreation activities; Member, Finance Committee of Mumbai

Cricket Association

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria,Dubai (U.A.E.), Singapore, Australia andNew Zealand

Other Information Actively involved as cadre based activist in ShivSena since 1978; All India Party Secretary, ShivSena since 2002; General Secretary, SthaniyaLokadhikar Samiti Mahasangh (Federation), anaffiliated organization of Shiv Sena since 2005,Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti is a frontalorganization of Shiv Sena propagating the causeof ‘sons of the soil’ in Maharashtra, theorganization addresses the issue ofunemployment in the state; All India GeneralSecretary, Bhartiya Bima Karmachari SenaMahasangh, an affiliated organization of ShivSena, comprising all insurance companies underthe general insurance industry and Life InsuranceCorporation of India since 1996; Vice-Chairman,Mumbai Insurance Institute, Insurance Instituteof India

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DHINDSA, SARDAR SUKHDEV SINGH[Shiromani Akali Dal - Punjab]

Father’s Name Late Sardar Rattan Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Labh Kaur


Place of Birth Ubhawal, Distt. Sangrur (Punjab)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Harjit Kaur


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Government Ranbir College, Sangrur,Punjab


Permanent Address (i) Near Nanakiana Chowk, Sangrur, Distt. Sangrur(Punjab)Tel. : 01672 - 251213

(ii) 504, Sector 11-B, Chandigarh-160011 (Punjab)Tel. 0172 - 2742598

Present Address 12, Pandit Pant Marg, New Delhi - 110001Tel. : 011-23752132Mobile : 9013181132Fax : 23356717E-mail:[email protected]

Positions Held

1972, 1977, 1980 and 1985 Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly (Fourterms)

1977 - 80 Minister of State (Independent Charge) holdingthe portfolios of Transport, Sports, Tourism,Cultural Affairs and Civil Aviation, Governmentof Punjab

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Aug.1997- March 1998 Chairman (Cabinet Minister rank), Punjab StateElectricity Board, Patiala

April 1998 Elected to Rajya Sabha1998 - 99 Member, Committee on Agriculture

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Communications

26 Nov. 1999 - 27 May 2000 Union Minister of Urban Employment and PovertyAlleviation

2 Feb. 2000 - 7 Nov. 2000 Union Minister of Urban Employment and PovertyAlleviation with additional charge of Ministry ofYouth Affairs and Sports

27 May 2000 - 7 Nov. 2000 Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports withadditional charge of Ministry of Mines

7 Nov. 2000 - 22 May 2004 Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha

Member, Standing Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil Aviation

April 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Civil AviationMember, Committee on Rural Development

Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on RulesOct. 2010 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee

Social and Cultural Activities, Sports and EducationLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite President, (i) Cycling Federation of India,Pastimes and Recreation New Delhi, (ii) Punjab Olympic Association,

Chandigarh and (iii) Punjab Boxing Association,Chandigarh; Executive Member, Asian CyclingConfederation


Other Information Founding Trustee, Raja Bhalindera SinghFoundation; was President, (i) Students’ Union,Government Ranbir College, Sangrur and (ii) SantAttar Singh Trust, Mastuana; ExecutivePresident, Giani Lal Singh Memorial Trust, Patiala;was Chairman, Market Committee, Sangrur; wasManaging Director, Central Co-operative Bank,Sangrur; was Sarpanch, Ubhawal; was Member,Block Samiti, Sangrur; Member, Shiromani AkaliDal since 1973; Secretary General, ShiromaniAkali Dal (Badal) since 1992

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DHOOT, SHRI RAJKUMAR[Shiv Sena - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shri Nandlal Madhavlal DhootMother’s Name Shrimati Kesharbai Nandlal DhootDate of Birth 11 September 1955Place of Birth Ahmednagar (Maharashtra)Marital Status Married on 17 April 1980Spouse’s Name Shrimati Sushma Rajkumar DhootChildren One son and three daughtersEducational Qualifications B.Com. (Hons.)

Educated at S.B. College, Aurangabad(Maharashtra)

Profession Political Worker, Entrepreneur and Social WorkPermanent Address Dhoot Bungalow, Station Road,

Aurangabad - 431005 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 0240-2352091(O), 2353003 (R)Fax: 0240 - 2335755Mobile: 09820198080

Present Address 15, Pandit Pant Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23765311 (O), 23354441(R)Fax: 23320365E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldApril 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Standing Committee on FinanceAug. 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Commerce and IndustryMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation

Oct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof FinancePermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Petroleum andNatural Gas

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Oct. 2005 - 1 April 2008 Member, Committee on CommerceOct. 2007 - 1 April 2008 Member, Sub-Committee-II of the Committee on

CommerceApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Information TechnologyAug. 2009 onwardsMay 2008 - May 2009 and Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative CommitteeAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 for the Ministry of Information and BroadcastingAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of FinanceMember, Hindi Salahkar Samiti, Ministry of Textiles

Social and Cultural Activities, Promoting education especially among girls byLiterary, Artistic and Scientific running a Girls High School at Gangapur forAccomplishments and other 1100 girls and students belonging to poor strataSpecial Interests of Gangapur, Marathwada region of First to Tenth

Standard; running a multi-speciality charitablehospital, namely ‘Nandlal Dhoot CharitableHospital’ at Aurangabad with an investment ofRs. 100 crores, providing only second cobalt - 60facilities for cancer and Cardiac Care Centre andallied treatment; took up construction of roads inthe region; fighting for the causes of the peopleof Maharashtra in various fora

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Indoor games, badminton and tennis; Member,Pastimes and Recreation Constitution Club, New Delhi

Countries Visited Japan, U.K., U.S.A., France, Italy, Singapore,Switzerland, Poland, Holland, Indonesia, F.R.G.,China, Malaysia, Pakistan, Canada, Saudi Arabia,Mozambique and South Africa

Other Information Former President of Marathwada IndustriesAssociation (MIA), now Chamber of MarathwadaIndustries and Agriculture (CMIA) which activelypromotes industries in Marathwada region;Member, (i) India-France Parliamentary FriendshipGroup and (ii) Apex Committee of theCommonwealth Games-2010; President,ASSOCHAM since January 2012

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DUA, SHRI H.K.[Nominated]

Father’s Name Late Shri Devi Dayal Dua

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Parbati Dua


Place of Birth Sargodha, Punjab (India)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Adity Dua

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.A., Post Graduate Diploma in JournalismEducated at Panjab University, Hony. D. Litt.degrees from Kurukshetra University and PanjabUniversity

Profession Senior Journalist and Political Commentator

Permanent Address C-1/6, Humayun Road, New Delhi - 110003

Present Address C-1/6, Humayun Road, New Delhi - 110003Tel. : 24644800, 24644801Mobile : 9868181846E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1996 - 97 and 1999 - 2001 Press Advisor to Prime Minister of India2001 - 2003 Ambassador of India to DenmarkFeb. 2008 - Nov. 2009 Member, National Security Advisory BoardNov. 2009 Nominated to Rajya SabhaNov. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeMarch 2010 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on EthicsMarch 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on External AffairsMarch 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Home AffairsPermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Defence

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Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Salaries andAllowances of Members of Parliament

Sept. 2010 onwards Member, House CommitteeAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare

Books Published Has been commenting extensively on national andinternational affairs in newspaper columns andon T.V.

Social and Cultural Activities, Awarded, (i) Padma Bhushan, 1998, (ii) theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific G.K. Reddy Award for outstanding journalist,Accomplishments and other (iii) B.D. Goenka Award for excellence inSpecial Interests Journalism, (iv) Durga Rattan Award, (v) the

Freedom of Information Award and (vi) LokmanyaBal Gangadhar Tilak Award, 2011 for excellence inJournalism

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) India International Centre, (ii) IndiaPastimes and Recreation Habitat Centre, (iii) Delhi Golf Club,

(iv) Association of Indian Diplomats, (v) Institutefor Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and(vi) Constitution Club of India; reading and writing

Countries Visited Visited, U.S.A., China, Japan, U.K., France,Germany, Russia, Australia and many othercountries in Asia, Africa and Europe andinterviewed several world dignitaries as an Editor

Other Information Positions held in Journalism: Editor, TheHindustan Times, 1987-94; Editor-in-Chief,(i) Indian Express, 1994-96 and (ii) The Tribune,2003 to March 2009 ; Editorial Advisor, The Timesof India, 1997-98; President, (i) Editors Guild ofIndia (two terms) and (ii) India-PhilippinesParliamentary Group, 2011; Member, (i) Jury ofthe Jawaharlal Nehru Award for InternationalUnderstanding, 2009-2010 and (ii) ParliamentaryDelegation to the UN, 2011; was Member, (i) Senateof Panjab University and (ii) Court of theJawaharlal Nehru University

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DWIVEDI, SHRI JANARDAN[Indian National Congress - National Capital Territory of Delhi]

Father’s Name Shri Yogendra Dutt Dwivedi

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Rajrani


Place of Birth Lodhawara, Distt. Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh)



Educational Qualifications M.A., M. Litt.Educated at Allahabad University and DelhiUniversityConferred Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters(D.Litt.) by the Tilak Maharashtra University,Pune

Profession Teacher and Educationist, Agriculturist

Permanent Address 109, Link Apartments, 18, I.P. Extension,Patparganj, Delhi-110092

Present Address 15, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23792348, 23015015 (R), 23019320 (O)E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Aug. 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - Nov. 2009 Member, General Council of the Netaji Subhas

Institute of Technology, DelhiSept. 2004 - March 2006 Member, Parliamentary Standing Committeee on

DefenceOct. 2004 - 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of

Civil AviationJan. 2006 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMarch 2006 - July 2006 Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on

Transport, Tourism and Culture

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March 2006 - May 2009 Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee onHuman Resource Development

March 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityJuly 2012 onwardsMarch 2006 - Oct. 2009 Member, General Purposes CommitteeJuly 2006 - May 2009 Ex-Officio Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on

YouthEx-Officio Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum onChildrenMember, Joint Hindi Advisory Committee of theMinistry of Urban Development, Government ofIndia

July 2006 onwards Member, Planning Board, NCT of DelhiMember, Regional Direct Taxes AdvisoryCommittee, Delhi

Sept. 2008 onwards Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Health and Family

WelfareSept. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of RailwaysDec. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Offices of ProfitJan. 2010 onwards Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti of the Ministry

of Defence, Research and DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO) and Ex- ServicemenWelfare Department

July 2010 - Jan. 2012 and Member, Indian Council of World AffairsApril 2012 onwardsAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsMay 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsSept. 2011 onwards Member, Sub-Committee-I to examine the

functioning of AIIMS of the Committee onHealth and Family Welfare

Jan. 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaFeb. 2012 onwards Member, Governing Council of the World Hindi

Secretariat, MauritiusAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Home AffairsFeb. 2013 onwards Member, General Council of the Netaji Subhas

Institute of Technology, Delhi

Books Published Nirala Kavya Ka Abhivyanjana Shilp, 1971

Social and Cultural Activities, Participated in a number of seminars andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific symposiums; has written many articles on social,Accomplishments and other political and literary subjects; has edited severalSpecial Interests magazines/publications; has fought for rightful

place to the Indian languages; organized the

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first-ever Sarva Bhasha Sammelan in Delhi andtook several steps for the promotion of Hindilanguage and literature; organized various nationallevel sammelan/seminars on socio-political-literary subjects during the last 47 years; Vice-Chairman, Hindi Academy, Delhi, 1999-2004; LifeMember, Indian Parliamentary Group

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading and writingPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited North Korea, China and U.S.A.; addressed theUnited Nations General Assembly on ‘GlobalAgenda for dialogue among Civilisations andCulture of Peace’ as member of the IndianDelegation, October 2010

Other Information Committed to Gandhian philosophy and socialistvalue system; was deeply involved in student,youth and socialist movements since 1960-61; wasLecturer and Reader, Delhi University, August1968 - January 1993; Founder Convenor andChairman, All India Congress Committee VicharVibhag, 1979-86; Joint Secretary and Secretary,Indian National Congress, 1986-2003 (17 years);Special Invitee, Congress Working Committee,2003-04; Member, (i) Congress WorkingCommittee since 2004 and (ii) Central ElectionCommittee since 2004; General Secretary, IndianNational Congress since July 2004; Chairman,Media Department, All India Congress Committee(A.I.C.C.) July 2006 - September 2007 and sinceApril 2009; Chairman, Training Department, AllIndia Congress Committee since September 2007;has been and continues to be the Member/Convenor of various important committees of theIndian National Congress

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ELAVARASAN, SHRI A.[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri N. Arumugam

Mother’s Name Shrimati A. Vasambal


Place of Birth Kuvagam, Distt. Ariyalur (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati E. Bhuvaneswari


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.) in Economics, B.L.Educated at University of Madras, Madras LawCollege, University of Madras

Profession Advocate, Agriculturist/Farmer and Sportsperson

Permanent Address 5, Annamalai Nagar, Main Road,Tiruchirappalli-620018 (Tamil Nadu)Telefax : 0431-2763753Mobile: 09443336773, 09868181983

Present Address 78, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel. : 23794102Mobile: 9868181983E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldJuly 2007 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2007 - Aug. 2008 Member, Committee on RailwaysMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on DefenceAug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistrySept. 2009 onwards of Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on AgricultureMarch 2010 onwards Member, Committee to review the rate of Dividend

payable by the Indian Railways to the GeneralRevenues

Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Rules

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite High jump, volleyball playerPastimes and Recreation

Other Information Chairman, Tiruchirapalli Co-operative MilkBoard, Tamil Nadu, 1993-1996

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FARUQUE, SMT. NAZNIN[Indian National Congress - Assam]

Father’s Name Late Shri Nurul Iman

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Wahedun Nessa Iman


Place of Birth Nagaon (Assam)


Spouse’s Name Shri Abdur Rahman Faruque

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.)Educated at Lady Kene College, North EasternHill University, Shillong, Meghalaya


Permanent Address Ubedur Rahman Road, Nagaon-782001 (Assam)Tel.: 03672-254193 (R)

Present Address C-201, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi -110001Tel.: 011-23092423 (O)Telefax: 011-23092422 (R)Mobile: 09013181777E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1994 - 96 Chairperson, State Weaving ManufacturingCooperative Ltd., Government of AssamMember, ZRUCC, NF Railway

2007 - 2009 Member, Central Silk BoardApril 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2010 - Aug. 2011 and Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersAug. 2012 onwardsApril 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Minority AffairsMay 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of WomenNov. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development SchemeDec. 2012 onwards Member, Court of the Assam University

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Social and Cultural Activities, Has been associated with many social and culturalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific bodies in different capacities; also associated withAccomplishments and other women welfare activities; has worked for theSpecial Interests upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Represented her school in athletics at thePastimes and Recreation State level; broadly associated with different

sports bodies: President, All Assam WomenCricket Association; Member, State SportsCouncil of Assam; Chairman, 322-D LionsInternational; President, (i) Lions Club ofNagaon greater, (ii) Lioness Club of Nagaongreater and (iii) Radial Club, Nagaon, Assam;interested in cooking, listening to music,interacting with people

Countries Visited Moscow (erstwhile U.S.S.R.), as a delegate of theIndian Youth Congress, 1985; Bangladesh andNepal

Other Information Awarded Bharat Jyoti Award in 2009; worked invarious capacities in the Indian National Congressduring the last 30 years; President, DistrictCongress Committee, Nagaon, 1996-97; GeneralSecretary, (i) Assam Pradesh Youth CongressCommittee, 1983-89 and (ii) Assam PradeshCongress Committee, 2002-2004; Secretary, AllIndia Mahila Congress Committee since 2009;participated in the World Youth Festival inMoscow (erstwhile U.S.S.R.), 1985

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FERNANDES, SHRI OSCAR[Indian National Congress - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Late Shri Roque FernandesMother’s Name Late Shrimati Leonissa M. FernandesDate of Birth 27 March 1941Place of Birth Udupi, Distt. South Kanara (Karnataka)Marital Status Married on 26 August 1981Spouse’s Name Shrimati Blossom Oscar FernandesChildren One son and one daughterEducational Qualifications Intermediate, B.A. II

Educated at Cecilia’s Convent, Board High Schooland M.G.M. College, Udupi

Profession Agriculturist, Political and Social WorkerPermanent Address Doris Rest Haven, Ambalpady,

Udupi-576103 (Karnataka)Tel.: 0820-2521370

Present Address 8, Pandit Pant Marg, New Delhi- 110001Tel. : 23359177, 23359178E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held1972 - 76 Member, Municipal Council, Udupi1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha1983 Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee

Member, Committee on Absence of Members fromthe Sittings of the House

Dec. 1984 - June 1985 Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister ofIndia

1985 and 1996 onwards General Secretary, All India Congress Committee1985 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha1986 President, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha1990 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Energy

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1991 - 96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok SabhaApril 1998 Elected to Rajya Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Human Resource Development

Dec. 1999 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on AgricultureJan. 2000 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Petroleum and Natural Gas2000-2004 Convenor, Parliamentary Forum on HIV-AIDSMay 2004 - Jan. 2006 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Statistics and ProgrammeImplementation

July 2004 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha18 Nov. 2005 - 29 Jan.2006 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Youth Affairs and SportsMinister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Overseas Indian Affairs

29 Jan. 2006 - 24 Oct. 2006 Minister of State (Independent Charge) WithoutPortfolio

24 Oct. 2006 - 2 March 2009 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Labour and Employment

July 2009 - Jan. 2012 Member, National Board for Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises

Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Health and Family Welfare

Aug. 2009 - June 2013 Chairman, Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

Oct. 2009 - Oct. 2010 Member, General Purposes CommitteeJuly 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Nov. 2011 Member, Coffee BoardDec. 2011 onwards Member, National Monitoring Committee for

Minorities’ EducationOct. 2012 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on

Installation of Portraits/Statues of NationalLeaders and ParliamentariansMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee onMaintenance of Heritage Character andDevelopment of Parliament House

17 June 2013 onwards Minister of Road Transport and Highways

Social and Cultural Activities, Rural housing and relief work; received theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Syndicate Agricultural Foundation Award forAccomplishments and other the highest yield in paddy and the KarnatakaSpecial Interests Government State Level Award for agriculture;

organizing youth

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Founder, Jolly Club, Udupi; active participationPastimes and Recreation in sports and games

Countries Visited U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia, as a member of IndianDelegation to U.N.C.T.A.D., Belgrade, 1983; Spain,Australia and the Middle-East

Other Information Member, Council of Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore, 1980-82 and 2000-2004

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GANGULY, DR. ASHOK S.[Nominated]

Father’s Name Late Shri Sekhar Nath GangulyMother’s Name Late Shrimati Binapani GangulyDate of Birth 28 July 1935Place of Birth Patna (Bihar)Marital Status Married on 26 April 1967Spouse’s Name Shrimati Rooma GangulyChildren Two daughtersEducational Qualifications B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D.

Educated at Master Tutorial High School,Mumbai, Jaihind College, Mumbai and Universityof Illinois, U.S.A.

Profession Corporate ManagerPermanent Address N 6 Pemino, Altamount Road,

Mumbai - 400026 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 022-23532331Fax: 022-23532333E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 10, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 23753810, 23753811Mobile: 09868181902, 09868181855E-mail:[email protected]

Positions Held1980 - 90 and 1997 onwards Member, Board of Governors, Administrative Staff

College1981 - 84 Member, Governing Council of the Council of

Scientific and Industrial ResearchMember, Bombay Chamber of Commerce andIndustry

1984 - 85 President, Bombay Chamber of Commerce andIndustry

1985 - 89 Member, Prime Minister’s Scientific AdvisoryCouncilChairman, Board of Governors, Indian Instituteof Technology, Kanpur

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1985 - 90 Member, Advisory Board on Energy, Governmentof India

1986 - 89 Member, Society of the Council of Scientific andIndustrial Research

1986 - 90 Member, Science Advisory Committee,Department of Biotechnology, Government ofIndia

1987 - 90 Director, Technology Development InvestmentCompany of India LimitedMember, Advisory Board of India FundMember, Indian and US Councils for theProgramme for the Advancement of CommercialTechnology

1988 - 89 Member, Board of Trade in the Ministry ofCommerce, Government of India

1988 - 90 Director, Andhra Pradesh Industrial DevelopmentCorporation-Venture Capital Limited

1991 - 94 Member, U.K. Government Advisory Board forthe Research Councils

1994 - 96 Member, Board LINK-DTI U.K. Government1995 - 97 Chairman, Life Science Group IV & V Framework

Programme Planning, European Union1997 - 98 Member, Foreign Investment Promotion Council,

Government of India1998 - 2000 Member, Board of Governors, Jawaharlal Nehru

Trust, U.K.1998 - 2001 Chairman, Intellectual Property Commission,

International Chamber of Commerce, Paris1999 - 2011 Member, Board of Governors, National Council

of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)2000 - 2007 Member, Indo-U.K. Round Table2005 onwards Member, Indo-U.S. CEO Forum2000 - 2009 Director, Reserve Bank of India2004 - 2009 and 2010 onwards Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry2005 - 2009 Member, National Knowledge Commission

Member, Investment Commission of IndiaNov. 2009 Nominated to Rajya SabhaDec. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

Member, Standing Committee on WaterResourcesMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Home AffairsPermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Finance

Aug. 2010 - Dec. 2010 Member, Select Committee to the Prevention ofTorture Bill, 2010

Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Council of the Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore

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Oct. 2010 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeNov. 2010 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming

and Climate ChangeJan. 2012 onwards Member, Board of Management of Babasaheb

Bhimrao Ambedkar University, LucknowJune - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the

Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011Books Published (i) Industry & Liberalisation, 1994, (ii) Strategic

Manufacturing for Competitive Advantage, 1998and (iii) Business Drive in R&D-ManagingKnowledge to Create Wealth, 1999

Social and Cultural Activities, Awarded: (i) Business Leadership AwardLiterary, Artistic and Scientific conferred by the Madras ManagementAccomplishments and other Association, 1985, (ii) Businessman of the Year,Special Interests 1986, (iii) Padma Bhushan, 1988, (iv) Honorary

Fellowship of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre forAdvanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 1995,(v) International Alumni Award for ExceptionalAchievement from University of Illinois,2003-2004, (vi) CBE (Hon.) by the United Kingdom,2006, (vii) Economic Times Lifetime AchievementAward, 2008 and (viii) Padma Vibhushan, 2009;Elected: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry,1991; was conferred the title of Honorary Professorby the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai,1996; Selected as ‘Outstanding Alumnus’ by theCollege of Food and Nutrition, University ofIllinois, U.S.A., 1997

Sports,Clubs,Favourite Golf, Hindustani and western classical musicPastimes and RecreationCountries Visited U.K., France, Spain, Italy, Russia, U.S.A. and China,

as Randol Gold and Silver Forum Delegate, 2008Other Information Chairman, ABP Pvt. Ltd. since 2003; Director on

the Boards of Wipro Ltd., Mahindra & MahindraLtd., Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.; Member,Advisory Board of Diageo India Pvt. Ltd.; was onthe Board of several corporate bodies, worldwide,including British Airways PLC, 1996-2006, UnileverPLC/NV, 1977-97, Firstsource Solutions Ltd.,2002-2010, Advisory Board-Microsoft Corporation(I) Pvt. Ltd., 2006-2010, Advisory Board-BlackstoneGroup, 2007-2010, Tata AIG Life InsuranceCompany Ltd. 2002-2010, Hemogenomics Pvt.Ltd., 2002-2010

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GEHLOT, SHRI THAAWAR CHAND[Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Ramlalji Gehlot

Mother’s Name Shrimati Suman Bai


Place of Birth Village Rupeta (Nagda), Distt. Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Anita Gehlot

Children Three sons and one daughter

Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Vikram University, Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh

Profession Agriculturist and Business

Permanent Address 56 Block, Maharana Pratap Nagar, Nagda Junction,Distt. Ujjain-456335 (Madhya Pradesh)Tel.: 07366-246635Mobile: 09425091516, 09013181955

Present Address AB-15, Mathura Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23782555Mobile : 09425091516, 09013181955E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1980 - 84, 1990 - 92 and Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1993 - 96 (three terms)1980 - 84 and 1990 - 92 Member, Committee on Estimates

Member, Labour Advisory Committee1990 - 92 Minister of State, Water Resources, Narmada

Valley Development, Panchayat and RuralDevelopment, Antyodaya Programme andImplementation of 20-Point Programme,Government of Madhya Pradesh

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1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok SabhaMember, Committee on AgricultureMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Labour

1996 - 97, 1998 - 99, 1999 - 2000 and Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled2000 - 2001 Castes and Scheduled Tribes1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (second term)

Member, Committee on Labour and WelfareMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Industry

1999 Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (third term)1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Agriculture2000 - 2001 Member, Committee on the Empowerment of

Women2000 - 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of External AffairsMember, Business Advisory Committee

2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (fourth term)Member, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Committee on Labour

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Labour

Member, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Central Advisory Committee constitutedunder the Building and Other ConstructionWorkers

Social and Cultural Activities, Contributed articles in Vidhayani - a quarterlyLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Journal published by Madhya Pradesh LegislativeAccomplishments and other Assembly; serving the poor, the exploited, theSpecial Interests oppressed, particularly the downtrodden sections

of the society through Balai Samaj; making effortsto eradicate the social evils and conservatism fromthe society; active in the above tasks throughsocial and political organizations since 1960; socialand political activities

Sports,Clubs,Favourite Swimming, kabaddi, volleyball and gymnastics;Pastimes and Recreation Office bearer, (i) Kabaddi Association and

(ii) Shivaji Kreeda Mandal, Nagda, Ujjain; culturalplays, songs and sports

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Countries Visited U.S.A.; visited as a member of Indian Delegationto United Nations, 1998 and 2007 and Durban,South Africa, 2001

Other Information Detained several times in connection withworkers’ movement during 1968-71 and alsoremained in judicial custody for about ten monthsin Bhairavgarh Distt. Ujjain; detained under theMaintenance of Internal Security Act (M.I.S.A.)in Bhairavgarh district jail, Ujjain duringEmergency, 1975-76; detained in connection withpolitical agitations in Ujjain, Bhopal and Delhi;Conferred, Best Legislator Award by the MadhyaPradesh Legislative Assembly, 19 March 1996;Treasurer, Grasim Engineering Shramik Sanghaffiliated to Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, 1967-75;Secretary, (i) Chemical Shramik Sangh affiliatedto Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, 1967-75, (ii) R.S.S.Shakha, Nagda Junction, Distt. Ujjain, MadhyaPradesh and (iii) Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha,Madhya Pradesh, 1984-86; represented, MadhyaPradesh Legislative Assembly in Bureau ofParliamentary Studies and Training (B.P.S.T.),1982; Chief Organiser, Rashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (R.S.S.) Shakha, Nagda Junction, Distt.Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, 1972-77; NagarKaryavahak, R.S.S. Shakha, Nagda Junction,Distt. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh; General Secretaryand Vice-President, Janata Party (J.P.), Distt.Ujjain (Rural), Madhya Pradesh, 1977-80;Vice-President and State Secretary, BharatiyaJanata Yuva Morcha, Madhya Pradesh, 1983-84and 1985-86; President, Bharatiya Janata Party,Distt. Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, 1986-87; NationalSecretary, B.J.P., 2002-May 2004; Vice-President,B.J.P. and in-charge of North East (excludingAssam); National General Secretary, B.J.P. since2006 (in-charge of Karnataka and Delhi States)and National In-charge of B.J.P. SC Morcha;Member, (i) R.S.S. Shakha, Nagda Junction, Distt.Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, 1962-77, (ii) BharatiyaJana Sangh, 1962-77; (iii) Madhya PradeshSansadiya Sangh, 1996, (iv) Board of Patrons,Nagda Balai Samaj Sangathan Samiti, (v) CentralElection Committee, B.J.P., since 2010 and(vi) Central Parliamentary Board, B.J.P., since 2010(in-charge of Uttarakhand); also held various postsin several organizations of Madhya Pradesh BalaiSamaj

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GHOSH, SHRI KUNAL KUMAR[All India Trinamool Congress - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Late Dr. Kalyan Kumar Ghosh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Monika Ghosh




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Sarmita Ghosh

Children One son

Educational Qualifications Certificate in Audio Visual Journalism, MediaManagementEducated at Annex College of Management andAnnex-Cygnus Institute of Management, Kolkata

Profession Journalist/Writer, Business (Media/Entertainment)

Permanent Address 1/1, Rammohan Roy Road, Flat No. 3A,Kolkata-700009 (West Bengal)

Present Address 191, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Mobile: 9013181980E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureAug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

ManagementMember, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)

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Books Published In Bengali, (i) Rajniti Orajniti, 1996, (ii) MrityuBabshayee, 1997, (iii) Rani Siromoni, 1997,(iv) Rajya Rajniti Kon Pathe, 1998, (v) Exclusive,2002 and (vi) Ektu Porben, 2005

Social and Cultural Activities, Promoting various cultural activities, especiallyLiterary, Artistic and Scientific ‘Little Magazine’ all over Bengal; simultaneouslyAccomplishments and other works in the print and the audio-visual media;Special Interests involved in various social activities

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football, Cricket; Member, National Club MohunPastimes and Recreation Bagan

Countries Visited London (U.K.), Mauritius, China, Singapore,Bangladesh and Indonesia

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GILL, DR. M.S.[Indian National Congress - Punjab]

Father’s Name Col. Pratap Singh Gill

Mother’s Name Shrimati Niranjan Kaur


Place of Birth Punjab


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vinnie Gill


Educational Qualifications Senior Cambridge, B.A. (Honours), M.A., Ph.D.,Diploma in Development Studies, University ofCambridgeDoctor of Science (Honoris Causa) : PunjabAgriculture University, Panjab University,Haryana Agriculture University, MadrasUniversity, Gauhati University and Guru NanakDev University, Amritsar

Profession Public Service

Permanent Address Village Aldinpur, Distt. Amritsar (Punjab)

Present Address (i) 12, Mother Teresa Crescent, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23792953

(ii) A-56, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi-110013 E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held

1961 - 62 Deputy Commissioner and Collector, Lahaul andSpiti (now in Himachal Pradesh)

1965 - 67 Collector and Deputy Commissioner of DistrictsAmbala (now in Haryana) and Jalandhar (Punjab)

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1977 - 80 Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Punjab1985 - 88 Development Commissioner, Punjab1988 - 92 Secretary, Department of Chemicals, Petro-

Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, Government ofIndia

1992 - 93 Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture andCooperatives, Government of India

1993 - 96 Election Commissioner of India1996 - 2001 Chief Election Commissioner of IndiaApril 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2005 - April 2008 Member, Committee on Agriculture

Permanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Civil Aviation

Jan. 2006 onwards Member, Board of Institute of Democracy andElectoral Assistance (IDEA), Stockholm,SwedenMember, International Centre for DemocraticTransition (ICDT), Budapest, HungaryMember, Indian Council of World Affairs

Sept. 2007 onwards President, India-Poland Parliamentary FriendshipGroup

6 April 2008 - 22 May 2009 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Governmentof IndiaEx-officio Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum onYouth

28 May 2009 - 18 Jan. 2011 Minister of Youth Affairs and SportsApril 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)19 Jan. 2011 - 12 July 2011 Minister of Statistics and Programme

ImplementationAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs

and Public DistributionMay 2012 onwards Member, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical

Education and Research, ChandigarhAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on External AffairsDec. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Development

Books Published (i) Himalayan Wonderland : Travels in Lahaul -Spiti, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 1972,revised edition-Penguin Books Ltd., 2010,(ii) Folk Tales of Lahaul, Vikas Publishing HousePvt. Ltd., 1977, (second edition, 1978), (iii) Lahauland Spiti, Publications Division, Ministry ofInformation and Broadcasting, Government of

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India, April, 1975, (iv) “An Assessment of theGreen Revolution in India” in J.G. Hawkes (edited),Conservation and Agriculture, Duckworth,London, 1978, (v) Punjab Agriculture, Governmentof Punjab, November, 1979, (vi) AgriculturalCooperatives : A Case Study of Punjab, VikasPublishing House Pvt. Ltd., 1983, which wassubsequently updated and published under thetitle: An Indian Success Story - Agriculture andCooperatives, Somaiya Publications Pvt. Ltd.,Mumbai, 1993, (vii) The Electoral System in India,Election Commission of India, 1997 and(viii) Elections in India – Major Events and NewInitiatives, 1996-2000, Election Commission ofIndia, September 2000

Social and Cultural Activities, Awarded, (i) Padma Vibhushan conferred byLiterary, Artistic and Scientific the President of India in February 2000, (ii) DadabhaiAccomplishments and other Naoroji New Millennium International Award inSpecial Interests January 2000 for lifetime achievement and service

to India and (iii) Nishan-e-Khalsa, the recognitionof the Sikh people on the 300th anniversary of theSikh faith; Honorary Fellow, Queens’ College,Cambridge

Sports, Clubs, Favourite The first member of the Indian AdministrativePastimes and Recreation Service to go to the Himalayan Mountaineering

Institute, Darjeeling and trained with TenzingNorgay, the Everest hero in 1961; has climbed to aheight of 20,000 ft.; played a major role inpromoting Indian sports and took the Indiancontingent to the Mexico Olympics in 1968;President, (i) Indian Mountaineering Foundation,1993-99 and (ii) Himalayan Club, 1999-2005


Other Information Served in the Indian Administrative Service(I.A.S.), 1958-93; allotted to the Punjab Cadre ofthe I.A.S; organized and led the SokotoAgriculture Development Project, Nigeria, fundedby World Bank, during 1981-85

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GNANADESIKAN, SHRI B. S.[Indian National Congress - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri B.S. Sivagurunathan

Mother’s Name Shrimati S.S. Meenakshi Ammal


Place of Birth Srivilluputtur, Distt. Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati G. Thilagavathy

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.A., B.L.Educated at Loyola College, Chennai andDr. Ambedkar Law College, Chennai

Profession Senior Advocate

Permanent Address 1-A, TUXADO, No.1, Sreeman Srinivasa Road,Alwarpet, Chennai-600018 (Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 24660777, 24992868 (R)E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 88, North Avenue, New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 23092212Mobile : 9868181815E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

July 2001 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on DefenceAug. 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of FinanceAug. 2004 - Sept. 2004 Member, Committee on LabourSept. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Home AffairsJuly 2007 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

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May 2008 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableDec. 2008 onwards Member, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate

Medical Education and Research, PuducherryAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Water Resources

Social and Cultural Activities, Involved in social work; conducted many legalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific aid camps in Tamil Nadu as Chairman, Tamil NaduAccomplishments and other Congress Committee Legal Cell, 1984-96; throughSpecial Interests media propagated party’s policies both in visual

and print

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading, visiting hill stations and participating inPastimes and Recreation cultural programmes

Countries Visited Visited U.S.A. as member of ParliamentaryGoodwill Delegation led by Hon’ble Minister ofParliamentary Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairsin 2008

Other Information General Secretary and Official Spokesperson,(i) Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar), 1996-2002and (ii) A.I.C.C. (I) since 2008; Vice-President,Tamil Nadu Congress Committee since 2002

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GOUD T., SHRI DEVENDER[Telugu Desam Party - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri T. Sayanna Goud

Mother’s Name Shrimati T. Sathemma


Place of Birth Tukkuguda, Distt. Ranga Reddy (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati T. Vinoda

Children Three sons

Educational Qualifications B. Com.Educated at Badruka College of Commerce,Hyderabad


Permanent Address House No. 8-2-503, Road No. 7, Banjara Hills,Hyderabad-500034 (Andhra Pradesh)Tel. : 040-23355555E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 311, Swaramukhi Block, A.P. Bhawan,1, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001Mobile: 9848725244

Positions Held

1988 - 93 Chairman, Zilla Parishad, Distt. Ranga Reddy,Andhra Pradesh

1994 - 99, 1999 - 2003 and Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly2003 - 2008 (three terms)1994 - 95 Minister for Backward Classes Welfare,

Prohibition and Excise, Cooperation, Governmentof Andhra Pradesh

1995 - 99 Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation,Government of Andhra Pradesh

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1999 - 2004 Minister for Home and Cinematography,Government of Andhra Pradesh

2004 - 2008 Deputy Leader, Telugu Desam Legislature Party,Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Defence

Member, Committee on Welfare of Other BackwardClassesMember, General Purposes Committee

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on WaterConservation and Management

Social and Cultural Activities, Established and running an educational societyLiterary, Artistic and Scientific for the benefit of the weaker sections; organisedAccomplishments and other the weaker sections to make them aware of theirSpecial Interests legitimate rights

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading and meeting peoplePastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan,Singapore, South Africa, South Korea,Switzerland, Thailand and Dubai (U.A.E.)

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GOYAL, SHRI PIYUSH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shri Vedprakash Goyal

Mother’s Name Shrimati Chandrakanta Goyal




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Seema Goyal


Educational Qualifications B.Com., LL.B., F.C.A.Educated at Don Bosco High School, Mumbai,Jai Hind College, Mumbai, H.R. College ofCommerce and Economics, Mumbai, GovernmentLaw College, Mumbai and Institute of CharteredAccountants of India, New Delhi

Profession Chartered Accountant and ManagementConsultant

Permanent Address 1202, Regent Chambers, Nariman Point,Mumbai-400021 (Maharashtra)Tel. : 022-22835473, 22835474(O)Fax : 022-22835475(O)E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address C 1/12, Pandara Park, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 23782260, 23782728Mobile: 9013181765

Positions Held

2001 - 2004 Director (Government nominee), Bank of Baroda2002 - 2004 Member, Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers,

Government of India2004 - 2008 Director (Government nominee), State Bank of

India

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March 2010 National Treasurer, Bharatiya Janata PartyJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Standing Committee on FinanceAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Provision of Computer

Equipment to Members of Rajya Sabha

Social and Cultural Activities, Involved with NGOs in diverse fields such as tribalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific welfare and education; actively involved withAccomplishments and other several trade and industry associations and socialSpecial Interests organizations all over the country; delivered

lectures on the subjects of banking, finance andcommerce in seminars and workshops organizedby various bodies such as the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India; Member,Managing Committee, Indian MerchantsChamber, one of the premier chambers ofcommerce in Western India

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) Young Presidents’ OrganisationPastimes and Recreation (Y.P.O.), (ii) The Chambers (The Taj Mahal Palace

& Tower), (iii) The Belvedere (The Oberoi) and(iv) The Club (Four Seasons Hotel); reading,debating, social work, yoga and watching films

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany,Hungary, Italy, Czech Republic, Australia, NewZealand, China, South Africa, Kenya, U.A.E.,Singapore, Pakistan and Nepal

Other Information Associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)since 1984; has held several positions in the partysuch as Member, National Executive, BharatiyaJanata Yuva Morcha; Secretary, BJP, Mumbai;National Campaign Incharge for the Lok Sabhaelections, 1991; Treasurer, BJP, Maharashtra

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GUJRAL, SHRI NARESH[Shiromani Akali Dal - Punjab]

Father’s Name Shri I.K. Gujral

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Sheila Gujral


Place of Birth Jalandhar (Punjab)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Anjali Gujral


Educational Qualifications B.A., F.C.A.Educated at St. Stephen’s College, University ofDelhi and Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia, Delhi

Profession Industrialist and Social Activist

Permanent Address 521, Model Town, Jalandhar City (Punjab)Tel.: 0181- 4614827, 4617320 (O)

Present Address 5, Amrita Shergill Marg, New Delhi - 110003Tel.: 24693999, 24656191 (R) 26929323, 47190000, 23794433 (O)Fax: 26929322E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions HeldMarch 2007 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2007 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism andAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011 CultureAug. 2009 - April 2010 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Commerce and IndustryApril 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

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Aug. 2010 - Dec. 2010 and Member, Committee on DefenceAug. 2011 onwardsAug. 2010 - Dec. 2010 Member, Select Committee to the Prevention of

Torture Bill, 2010May 2011 - May 2012 Member, Committee on Public AccountsAug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and

Public Health

Social and Cultural Activities, Interested in social welfare of women in generalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific and children in particular; runs an orphanage, aAccomplishments and other home for destitute women, free dispensary forSpecial Interests the poor, a high school for the underprivileged

children and a computer training centre and avocational training centre teaching stitching andembroidery to women from the underprivilegedsection in Jalandhar under the aegis of NariNiketan Trust; President, Nari Niketan Trust,Jalandhar since 2000; Member, Board of Trustees,Dr. Shroff’s Charitable Eye Hospital, Delhi since2000; Chief Patron, Child Help Line, Jalandharsince 2000; interested in designing of fabrics aswell as fashion garments for the internationalmarket; a dress designed by him was worn by latePrincess Diana of Wales

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) Delhi Golf Club, (ii) Gymkhana Club,Pastimes and Recreation Delhi and (iii) India International Centre, Delhi;

cricket, golf, gardening, listening to classicalmusic, travelling, collecting art, crafts, carpetsand rare textiles

Countries Visited Travelled extensively including U.K., U.S.A.,Russia, South America, Europe, Japan, South EastAsia, Africa, Mauritius, Pakistan, Bangladesh,Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives

Other Information General Secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal, Member,(i) Board of Governors, Pushpa Gujral ScienceCity, Kapurthala since 1998, (ii) Political AffairsCommittee, Shiromani Akali Dal since 2003, (iii) Senate, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsarsince 2007, (iv) District Development Board,Jalandhar and Kapurthala since 2007 and (v) Boardof Directors of various Public and Private LimitedCompanies

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GUPTA, DR. AKHILESH DAS[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Babu Banarasi Das Gupta(Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh andFreedom Fighter)

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Vidyawati Devi


Place of Birth Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Alka Das


Educational Qualifications M.B.A., LL.B., D.P.A. (Diploma in PublicAdministration), Ph.D. on ‘Human ResourcesManagement in Public Sector Undertakings’Educated at Colvin Taluqdars’ College, AllahabadUniversity, Lucknow University and AgraUniversity

Profession Educationist, Business and Publisher

Permanent Address 55, Babu Banarasi Das Nagar (Purana Quila),Lucknow-226001 (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0522-2626290, 2626280, 2213917, 2274020Fax: 2274030

Present Address 11, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi- 110003Tel.: 24645049, 24646488Mobile : 9868181488E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

May 1993 - Nov.1995 Mayor of LucknowNov. 1996 Elected to Rajya Sabha1997 - 98 Member, Committee on Communications1998 - 99 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism

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1998 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

1999 - 2002 and Member, All India Council for TechnicalDec. 2002 - Jan. 2006 Education (A.I.C.T.E.)1999 - 2002 Member, Sub-Committee on Medical Education

of the Committee on Human ResourceDevelopmentMember, Sub-Committee on Technical Educationof the Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

2001 - 2002 and Jan. 2004 Member, Sub-Committee on University and HigherEducation of the Committee on Human ResourceDevelopmentMember, National A.I.D.S. CommitteeMember, Hindi Advisory Committee

Nov. 2002 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)June 2003 - Nov. 2005 Secretary, Congress Parliamentary PartyAug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Committee on Information Technology

Member, Governing Body, All India Institute ofMedical Sciences (AIIMS)

Feb. 2005 - Jan 2006 Member, Committee on Food Management inParliament House Complex

Feb. 2005 - May 2008 Member, Hindi Advisory Committee of theMinistry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

July 2005 - May 2008 Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti of the Rajya SabhaSecretariat

29 Jan. 2006 - 5 April 2008 Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel,Government of India

May 2008 onwards General Secretary, Bahujan Samaj PartyNov. 2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)Jan. 2009 - May 2009 Member, Committee on CommerceAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Chairman, Committee on IndustryAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee of Privileges

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Law and Justice

Books Published Had been Publisher and Chief Editor, (i) JansattaExpress - Hindi daily published from Lucknowand (ii) Quami Khabrein - an Urdu daily broughtout from Lucknow, as a Chief Editor hascontributed articles on various topics; Publisher,Voice of Lucknow - a daily published fromLucknow

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Social and Cultural Activities, Sports, music, socialising and educationLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite International badminton player, 1977 - 83; nationalPastimes and Recreation level badminton player; was selected to represent

Indian Juniors Team to England, 1979; President,(i) Badminton Association of India and (ii) U.P.Olympic Association; Vice-President,(i) Badminton Asia Confederation and (ii) IndianOlympic Association; Chairman, (i) U.P.Badminton Association, (ii) Cricket Associationof Lucknow and (iii) U.P. Badminton Academy;had been all round sportsman in swimming, Lawn-tennis, chess and cricket

Countries Visited Travelled worldwide

Other Information Has held many positions in the Uttar PradeshCongress Committee; Founder/FounderChairman of several educational institutions;Chancellor, Babu Banarasi Das University;attended, (i) World Mayors’ Conferencesponsored by the U.N.O., Japan, 1993,(ii) International Children’s Games sponsored bythe International Olympic Association, Canada,1994, (iii) UNCTAD XI Conference as a part ofthe Indian delegation, Brazil, June, 2004 and(iv) Athens Olympics in the capacity of Chief-de-mission of Indian Badminton team, 2004; led, ateam of academics to various European countriesto study their education systems, 2002; wasProfessor, Northern India Engineering College,Lucknow, November 1999 - October 2003; hasmade significant contribution in the field of highereducation by establishing colleges of engineering,management, pharmacy, dentistry, architecture, IT,etc. in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh); Hony. TechnicalConsultant, Infinite Computer Solution Inc., amultinational Software Company since 2002;joined Bahujan Samaj Party in May, 2008

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GUPTA, SHRI PREM CHAND[Rashtriya Janata Dal - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri N.R. Gupta

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Shanti Devi


Place of Birth Bhiwani (Haryana)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Sarla Gupta


Educational Qualifications Graduate (Economics)Educated at Vaish College, Bhiwani andD.N. College, Hissar


Permanent Address Surajpura Bungalow, Road No. 26, SrikrishnaNagar, Patna - 800001(Bihar)

Present Address 18, Teen Murti Lane, New Delhi - 110011Tel.: 23794242, 23793939E-mail : [email protected]

Positions HeldApril 1996 Elected to Rajya Sabha1996 - 98 Convenor, Sub-Committee on Non-Conventional

EnergyMember, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Committee on EnergyMember, Board of Environment and ForestsMember, Hindi Advisory Committee of theMinistry of Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Standing Committee on Transport andTourism

1998 - 99 and Member, Standing Committee on Finance2001 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Communications

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1999 - 2001 Member, Standing Committee on Commerce1999 - 2002 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Civil AviationConvenor, Sub-Committee on Commerce andSupply of the Committee on Commerce

2000 - 2001 Convenor, Sub-Committee on Air India of theMinistry of Civil Aviation

2000 - 2002 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on StockMarket Scam and matters related thereto

April 2002 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2003 - 2004 Member, Joint Committee on Pesticide Residues

in and Safety Standards for Soft Drinks, Fruit Juiceand Other Beverages

May 2004 - Jan. 2006 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Company Affairs, Government of India

29 Jan. 2006 - May 2007 Minister of Company Affairs, Government of IndiaMay 2007 - 22 May 2009 Minister of Corporate Affairs, Government of IndiaApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on IndustryAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Commerce

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil Aviation

May 2012 onwards Member, Committee on RulesSocial and Cultural Activities, President, Rashtriya Vaish Parishad; activelyLiterary, Artistic and Scientific engaged in various ongoing schemes andAccomplishments and other programmes aimed at improving the economicSpecial Interests conditions of poor widows and helpless people;

committed and devoted to educational and socialupliftment of the downtrodden; participated invarious conferences and seminars in India andabroad; special interest in corporate governancewith emphasis upon investor protection

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) India Habitat Centre andPastimes and Recreation (ii) Chancellor Club; trained as pilot in a flying

club; jogging, sports, cricket and table tennisCountries Visited Travelled extensively all over the world; attended

and addressed (i) the 55th Plenary Session of theUnited Nations General Assembly, 25 October2000, (ii) the 57th Plenary Session of the UnitedNations General Assembly, 20 November 2002 and(iii) the 66th Session of the United Nations GeneralAssembly, November 2011

Other Information National General Secretary of Rashtriya JanataDal, 2000 and re-elected in 2001; NationalTreasurer, R.J.D.

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GUPTA, SHRI VIVEK[All India Trinamool Congress - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Late Shri Mohan Lal Gupta

Mother’s Name Shrimati Savitri Devi Gupta




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Ruchika Gupta


Educational Qualifications B.Com (Hons.), Degree in System Design andAnalyst and Degree in Print ProductionEducated at Calcutta University, Kolkata, NIIT,Kolkata and V.D.M.A. (Germany)

Profession Journalist/Writer, Publisher

Permanent Address Flat-4B, 4th Floor, Satyam Towers, 3, Alipore Road,Kolkata - 700027 (West Bengal)Tel.: 033-24793936, 30615026, 22413862Fax: 033-22415087, 22417412E-mail:[email protected]

Present Address Flat No. S-456, 1st Floor, Greater Kailash-II(Opposite Fortis Hospital) New Delhi-110049E-mail:[email protected]

Positions Held

2010 - 2012 Member, Hindi Advisory Committee, West BengalApril 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs

and Public DistributionAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on IndustryDec. 2012 onwards Member, Indian Institutes of Science Education

and Research (IISERs) Council

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Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with various social and charitableLiterary, Artistic and Scientific institutionsAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis; reading andPastimes and Recreation travelling

Countries Visited Visited, Moscow (Russia) as a member of thePrime Minister’s Delegation; Frankfurt (Germany)to participate in the Book Fair and Bologna (Italy)to participate in the Children Book Fair

Other Information President, Paschim Banga Hindi Academy,2011-2012

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HAQUE, SHRI MD. NADIMUL[All India Trinamool Congress - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Shri Mohd. Wasimul Haque

Mother’s Name Shrimati Nilofar Naaz




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Farah Khan


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.) Political ScienceEducated at St. Xavier’s College, University ofCalcutta

Profession Journalist/Writer, Businessman

Permanent Address 12, Dargah Road, Circus Avenue,Kolkata-700017 (West Bengal)Tel.: 033-22901753, 22815157,Fax: 40087170E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address Banga Bhawan, 3, Hailey Road,New Delhi-110001E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Oct. 2009 - March 2012 Member, Rajbhasha Committee, Ministry ofRailways

April 2010 - March 2012 Member, Passenger Services Committee, Ministryof Railways

June 2010 onwards Member, Advisory Committee, Kolkata MunicipalCorporation, Government of West BengalMember, Road Renaming Committee, KolkataMunicipal Corporation, Government of WestBengal

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May 2011 onwards Member, Press Accreditation Committee,Government of West BengalMember, West Bengal Minority Development &Finance Corporation, Government of West BengalMember, Governing Body, Urdu Academy,Government of West BengalMember, Mohammedan Burial Board, KolkataMunicipal Corporation, Government of WestBengalMember, Citizens Committee, Kolkata Police,Government of West BengalMember, Nazrul Academy, Government of WestBengal

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Development

Member, Telephone Advisory Committee, Kolkata,Government of West Bengal

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with educational and cultural activitiesLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Keen interest in CricketPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, China, Dubai(U.A.E.), Egypt, Europe, Japan, Jordan, Nepal,Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey, U.S.A.,U.K. and Uzbekistan

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HASHMI, SHRI PARVEZ[Indian National Congress - National Capital Territory

of Delhi]

Father’s Name Late Shri Munir Ahmad Hashmi

Mother’s Name Shrimati Firoza Hashmi


Place of Birth Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Shaila Hashmi

Children Three sons and two daughters

Educational Qualifications M. Sc. (Chemistry)Educated at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Profession Business, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address 260, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-110025Tel. : 26823440, 26910440, 26830340Fax : 26914848E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address AB-86, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23386888Telefax: 23382888

Positions Held

1993 - 98, 1998 - 2003, Member, Legislative Assembly, Delhi2003 - 2008 and 2008 - 20091998 - 2001 Minister for Transport, Public Works Department,

Land and Building, Delhi Metro, Government ofN.C.T. of Delhi

Aug. 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Urban DevelopmentFeb. 2010 - Jan. 2012 Member, General Council of Netaji Subhash

Institute of TechnologyMarch 2010 - Jan. 2012 Member, Committee to review the Rate of Dividend

payable by the Railway Undertaking to GeneralRevenues

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Aug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf(Amendment) Bill, 2010Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof External Affairs

Jan. 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaFeb. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Social and Cultural Activities, Life Member, India Islamic Cultural Centre, DelhiLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket, tennis; Honorary Member, (i) N.S.C.I.Pastimes and Recreation Club, (ii) New Friends Club and (iii) D.D.A. Sports

Complex, Jasola, New Delhi

Countries Visited U.K., Germany, France, Dubai (U.A.E.), SaudiArabia, Sweden, Holland, Italy, Canada, etc.

Other Information Has knowledge of Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabiand Arabic languages

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HEPTULLA, DR. NAJMA A.[Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Syed Yousuf Ali

Mother’s Name Shrimati Fatima Yousuf Ali


Place of Birth Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shri Akbarali A. Heptulla


Educational Qualifications M.Sc. (Zoology), Ph.D. (Cardiac Anatomy)Educated at Motilal Nehru Vigyan Mahavidyalaya

Profession Social Worker and Researcher in scientific field

Permanent Address Heptulla Park, 29, 2nd Hasanabad Lane, Santacruz (W),Mumbai-400054 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 26490104, 26490197

Present Address 16, Teen Murti Lane, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23016391, 23016436Fax: 23010747Mobile : 9868181974E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

July 1980 Elected to Rajya Sabha1982 - 84 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen,

Rajya SabhaMember, Committee on Petitions

1984 Member, Committee on Public AccountsGeneral Secretary, Science Forum of Parliament

Jan. 1985 - Jan. 1986 and Deputy Chairman, Rajya SabhaNov. 1988 - 10 June 20041985 and 1989 - June 2004 Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Business Advisory Committee

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1985 and 1989 - June 2004 and Member, Committee on RulesNov. 2004 - May 2009July 1986 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)1986 - 87 General Secretary, A.I.C.C.Nov. 1988 - June 2004 Chairperson, Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha1988 Elected Vice-President of the Commonwealth

Parliamentary Association (CPA)July 1992 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)March 1997 - June 2004 Chairperson, Committee on Provision of

Computers to Members of Rajya Sabha6 May 1997 - 26 April 1999 Chairperson, Committee on the Empowerment of

WomenJuly 1998 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term)Sept. 1998 - 99 Elected Vice-President of the Executive Committee

of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (I.P.U.)Sept. 1998 - June 2004 Chairperson, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)Oct. 1999 - Sept. 2002 President of the Council of the I.P.U., the first

woman ever to be elected to this office in the110-year history of the I.P.U.

Sept. 2002 Honorary President, Council of the I.P.U. for lifeJuly 2004 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fifth term)Aug. 2004 - Aug. 2008 Member, Committee on EnergyOct. 2004 - July 2010 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Civil AviationJan. 2006 - July 2010 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on WakfSept. 2006 - July 2010 Chairperson, Committee on Subordinate

LegislationOct. 2006 - July 2010 Member, General Purposes CommitteeMay 2008 - Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and Justice May 2008 - July 2010 Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development SchemeAug. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Committee on External Affairs

Member, General Purposes CommitteeApril 2012 Elected to Rajya Sabha (sixth term)May 2012 onwards Member, Committee on External Affairs

Member, House Committee

Books Published Published several research papers in foreign andIndian journals; contributed to many Indian andforeign magazines on issues relating to womenand social development; author of several booksincluding ‘India’s Progress in Science andTechnology - Continuity and Change’, 1985,‘Democracy - The Global Perspective’, 2004

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Social and Cultural Activities, Promotion of scientific knowledge, internationalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific economic cooperation, internationalAccomplishments and other understanding, upliftment of women and otherSpecial Interests issues related to them, secular values and human

development and environment; awarded, (i) theGrand Cordon of Alwai-al-Wissam, the highestcivilian decoration of Morocco presented by theKing of Morocco, (ii) “Alalum wa fums” thehighest civilian award of Egypt by the Presidentof Egypt, hon’ble Hosni Mubarak and (iii) thehighest civilian award by the Captain Regent ofSan Marino; promotion of democracy and humandevelopment

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member of several clubs; reading and writing,Pastimes and Recreation freelance journalism, music of various languages

and countries, sports and games (took part inbadminton and squash)

Countries Visited Travelled extensively all over the globe

Other Information Got first division and stood first in the Universityin M.Sc. (Zoology), 1960; Ph.D. (CardiacAnatomy), 1962; awarded Junior Fellowship andSenior Fellowship of the Council of Scientific andIndustrial Research (C.S.I.R.) for 5 years; servedin the scientists’ pool of the Government of India;associated with several academic institutes/organisations, parliamentary bodies such as I.P.U.,C.P.A. and the U.N.; presided over/participatedin several conferences; led many parliamentaryand other delegations, etc.; was President, IndianCouncil for Cultural Relations; was associatedwith the Indian National Congress in differentcapacities

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IRANI, SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN[Bharatiya Janata Party - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Shri Ajay Kumar Malhotra

Mother’s Name Shrimati Shibani Bagchi


Place of Birth New Delhi


Spouse’s Name Shri Zubin Irani


Educational Qualifications Educated at Holy Child Auxilium, Delhi and Schoolof Correspondence and Continuing Education,University of Delhi, Delhi

Profession Artist

Permanent Address A-602, Neptune, 4th Cross Lane,Lokhandwala Complex,Andheri (W), Mumbai-400053 (Maharashtra)

Present Address C-1/2, Lodhi Garden, New Delhi-110003E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Aug. 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Coal and SteelAug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

Management

Social and Cultural Activities, Awarded, Best Actress of the Year consecutivelyLiterary, Artistic and Scientific for seven years by the Indian Television AcademyAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

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Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K. for theatrical performances; Tokyo(Japan) to attend the Indo-Japan Global Summit

Other Information National President, B.J.P. Mahila Morcha;Member, Indian Parliamentary delegation to the126th General Assembly of the Inter-ParliamentaryUnion led by Smt. Meira Kumar, HonorableSpeaker, Lok Sabha, Kampala (Uganda); ElectedRapporteur, Drafting Committee of the StandingCommittee on Sustainable Development, Financeand Trade, IPU; presented a Resolution onRedistribution of Power Not Just Wealth:Ownership of International Agenda; ElectedRepresentative, Asia Pacific Group to the TaskForce, entrusted to establish first ever Committeefor Youth Parliamentarians; as a Member of theCo-ordinating Committee of WomenParliamentarians, presented India’s views onaction taken by the IPU to strengthenParliamentary dimensions of UN Efforts to promotePartnership between Men and Women

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JAIN, SHRI ISHWARLAL SHANKARLAL[Nationalist Congress Party - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Shri Shankarlal

Mother’s Name Shrimati Indiradevi


Place of Birth Jamner, Distt. Jalgaon (Maharashtra)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Pushpadevi


Educational Qualifications Intermediate (Science)Educated at New English School, Jamner andM.J. College, Jalgaon

Profession Political and Social Worker, Business

Permanent Address (i) Supari Bag, Jamner, Distt. Jalgaon-424206 (Maharashtra)

Tel. : 02580-230030, 230260 (R), 0257-2226681, 2226682, 2226683 (O)

Fax : 0257-2226482(ii) 169, Johari Bazar, Jalgaon-425001 (Maharashtra)

Present Address 803, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi -110001E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1978 - 80 and 1980 - 85 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly1978 Chairman, Estimate Committee, Maharashtra

Legislative AssemblyJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Commerce

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof DefencePermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Finance

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Social and Cultural Activities, Involved in social work through public contacts;Literary, Artistic and Scientific organizing people of all faiths, castes andAccomplishments and other communities to bring awareness among them;Special Interests worked for the upliftment of the downtrodden and

backward classes; spreading educationalawareness in the society by providing variousscholarships; keenly interested in promotion ofsocial and cultural activities; associated withseveral social and cultural organizations

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Listening to old songs, reading, culturalPastimes and Recreation programmes and travelling

Countries Visited Macau, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Turkey, Malaysia,Singapore, Australia, France, Greece, Dubai(U.A.E.), Kenya, Thailand and Nepal

Other Information Chairman, Jamner Cooperative Industrial Estate,1981; Chairman and Director, Jalgaon DistrictCentral Cooperative Bank Ltd., 2008-2010;President, Panjarapol Sanstha, Jalgaon, 1989-94;Working President, Samyagyan PracharakMandal, Jaipur; Vice-President, NationalistCongress Party; Treasurer, (i) Congress (I) Partyfor five years and (ii) Nationalist Congress Partyfor five years; Executive Member, (i) JamnerTaluka Education Society, 1974, (ii) OswalShikshan Sanstha, Jalgaon, 1974 and(iii) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee,1986-1992; Observer to Sangli, Satara, Pune,Kolhapur, Solapur, Nagpur and Raigarh Districts;elected Member, All India Congress Committee(A.I.C.C.), 1992; Director, Maharashtra StateCooperative Bank Ltd.; Chief Promoter, JamnerTaluka Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, 1982

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JAIN, SHRI MEGHRAJ[Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Champalalji Lodha

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Sampatbai Lodha


Place of Birth Sitamau, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh)


Educational Qualifications B.Com., Ayurveda RatnaEducated at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore,Madhya Pradesh and Hindi Sahitya Sammelan,Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

Profession Political and Social Worker, Religious Missionary

Permanent Address B-12, Swami Dayanand Nagar, 74 Bunglows,Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)Tel. : 0755-2558072Mobile : 9425023434

Positions Held

May 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2011-April 2012 Member, Committee on Urban Development

Social and Cultural Activities, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.) volunteerLiterary, Artistic and Scientific since childhood; Pracharak, R.S.S. since 1963;Accomplishments and other Convenor, (i) Vidyarthi Parishad, (ii) Yuva SanghSpecial Interests and (iii) Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti, Indore, 1972;

Regional Co-Convenor, Jai Prakash NarayanAndolan Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti, MadhyaPradesh, 1973; special interest in gau-seva,upliftment of vanvasis, adivasi girijans; workedand travelled in adivasi regions for many yearsand has continuously remained in their contact;President, Gau-Seva Aayog, Madhya Pradesh

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Interested in football, kabaddi, culturalPastimes and Recreation programmes, religious functions; forest safari, etc.

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Other Information Remained underground during the Emergency andwas jailed for 14 months; Organisation Secretary,Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Session, 1969;Divisional Organisation Secretary, A.B.V.P.,1971; Regional Secretary, Youth wing of JanaSangh, 1972; Regional Organisation Secretary,Yuva Sangh, 1973; appointed, All-India Secretary,Yuva Sangh, 1975; President, Janata Yuva Morcha,M.P., 1977; All-India Secretary, Bharatiya JanataYuva Morcha, 1978; All-India General Secretary,Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, at the divisionallevel in the seven States of U.P., Gujarat, Bihar,Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan,1981-84; Zonal Organisational Secretary, B.J.P.,1992-95; State General Secretary, B.J.P.,1998-2000; Chairman, Executive Council Gau-palan and Pashuvardhan Samvardhan Board,M.P., 2004 to 29 April 2011; All-India Convenorof religious celebrations of Jain Samaj; NationalConvenor, Shri Rajendra Surishwar SwargarohanShatabdi Samaroh; associated with the BharatiyaJanata Party in different capacities

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JAITLEY, SHRI ARUN[Bharatiya Janata Party - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Maharaj Kishen Jaitley

Mother’s Name Shrimati Ratan Prabha Jaitley




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Sangeeta Jaitley


Educational Qualifications B.Com. (Hons.), LL.B.Educated at Sri Ram College of Commerce,University of Delhi and Faculty of Law, Universityof Delhi


Permanent Address “Tapas”, 42, Bansidhar SocietyB/h. Jawahar Nagar, Vasna Bhattha, Paldi,Ahmedabad - 380007 (Gujarat)

Present Address A-44, Kailash Colony, New Delhi -110048Tel.: 29237483, 29248212, 29244587Fax : 29232358E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1989 - 90 Additional Solicitor General, Government of India13 Oct. 1999 - 30 Sept. 2000 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting10 Dec. 1999 - July 2000 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Department of Disinvestment (Additional Charge)April 2000 Elected to Rajya Sabha23 July 2000 - 6 Nov. 2000 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs7 Nov. 2000 - 1 July 2002 Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs

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20 March 2001 - 1 Sept. 2001 Minister of Shipping (Additional Charge)29 July 2002 - 29 Jan. 2003 and Member, Court of the University of DelhiMarch 2005 - March 20101 - 29 Jan. 2003 Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Committee on External Affairs29 Jan. 2003 - 21 May 2004 Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of

Commerce and IndustryAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee of PrivilegesAug. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on CommerceAug. 2009 - April 2012Oct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Home AffairsJan. 2006 - July 2010 Member, Indian Council of World AffairsApril 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)Aug. 2006 - Dec. 2008 Member, Joint Committee to examine the

Constitutional and legal position relating to Officeof Profit

Aug. 2006 - Dec. 2009 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit3 June 2009 - 2 April 2012 and Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha3 April 2012 onwardsJuly 2009 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on

Installation of Portraits/Statues of NationalLeaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament HouseComplex

Dec. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee onMaintenance of Heritage Character andDevelopment of Parliament House

April 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)June - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the

Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011

Books Published Has authored several write-ups on legal andcurrent affairs

Social and Cultural Activities, Reading and writing on legal and currentLiterary, Artistic and Scientific affairs; connected with educational institutions;Accomplishments and other Chairperson, Governing Body of Kamla NehruSpecial Interests College, Delhi, 1993-98; Member, (i) Governing

Body of Sri Ram College of Commerce and(ii) Governing Council, National Law University,Delhi

Sports, Clubs, Favourite President, Delhi District Cricket AssociationPastimes and Recreation (DDCA); Vice-President, Board of Control for

Cricket in India (B.C.C.I.); Member, GoverningCouncil, Indian Premier League (I.P.L.)

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Countries Visited Widely travelled; Switzerland and Sweden, asAdditional Solicitor General, 1990; U.S.A., as partof Indian delegation to the U.N.G.A., 1998; Syriain connection with an International Treaty, 2000;led Indian delegation to the WTO Conference heldduring 10-14 September 2003 in Cancun, Mexico;visited several countries across North America,South America, Europe, Africa and Asia

Other Information Recipient of the Outstanding ParliamentarianAward for the year 2010; recipient of severaldistinctions for outstanding performance both inacademics and extra-curricular activities duringstudent days; President, Delhi UniversityStudents Union, 1974; prominent leader of amovement against corruption launched in 1973by late Shri Jai Prakash Narain; was Convenor,National Committee for Students and YouthOrganisation appointed by late Shri Jai PrakashNarain; detained for 19 months under M.I.S.A.during Internal Emergency (1975-77) when civilliberties were suspended; practising law beforethe Supreme Court and several High Courts in thecountry since 1977; designated Senior Advocatein 1989; was member of the Indian delegation tothe United Nations’ General Assembly Session inJune 1998, where the Declaration on Laws relatingto Drugs and Money Laundering was approved;has delivered lectures on many important subjectsincluding IT Convergence, the BroadcastingLaws of India, Disinvestment and on the Reviewof the Functioning of the Indian Constitution;Why India Matters at London, Vibrant Gujarat –Global Investors’ Summit, 2003 Keynote Addressat FICCI-UNCTAD Joint Seminar on Reflectionson Post-Cancun Agenda; has also been appointedas Representative of the Central Government tohold discussions with the nominees of theGovernment of Jammu and Kashmir and othergroups on the issue of devolution of powers inthe State, July 2002; associated with the BharatiyaJanata Party in different capacities; GeneralSecretary, B.J.P., July 2004-June 2009

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JANGDE, DR. BHUSHANLAL[Bharatiya Janata Party - Chhattisgarh]

Father’s Name Shri Tikaram Jangde

Mother’s Name Shrimati Gangamati Jangde


Place of Birth Parsadih, Distt. Baloda Bazar (Chhattisgarh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Ramdulari Jangde

Children Two sons and six daughters

Educational Qualifications B.A.M.S.Educated at Government Ayurveda College, Raipur

Profession Ayurveda Physician

Permanent Address Dr. Rajendra Nagar, Shiv Chowk, P.O. Ravigram,Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

Present Address 55, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1967 - 90 Government Ayurvedic Officer, Government ofMadhya Pradesh

1990 - 92 Director, Raipur Development Authority,Government of Madhya Pradesh

1992 - 93 Member, Departmental Subordinate SelectionBoard, Government of Madhya Pradesh

2007 - 2008 Member, Chhattisgarh State Scheduled CastesCommission, Government of Chhattisgarh

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Information TechnologyAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs

and Public Distribution

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Books Published In Hindi: (i) Satgyan, 2000, (ii) Samaj Sevi SvargiyaMoolchand Jangdeji, 2002 and (iii) RudraMahayajna Evam Mela Gram Jara, 2003

Social and Cultural Activities, Organised a Rath Yatra during the celebration ofLiterary, Artistic and Scientific the birth anniversary of Guru Ghasidas ji fromAccomplishments and other 2004 to 2006 and in 2012, as Convenor of the yatra,Special Interests spread public awareness by addressing the people

at various places for creating social harmony andtoured the entire State of Chhattisgarh for15 days; accomplished a mission to carry theteachings and preachings of the most reverendGuru Ghasidas ji to common people

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Won a medal in sports during student days,Pastimes and Recreation Bilaspur; took part in drama and performed magical

tricks in his village Parsadih

Other Information Has been organising a seven days ‘Yagna’ and afair annually since 1981 on the occasion of‘Mahashivratri’ at village Jara, district BalodaBazar, Chhattisgarh; Jury Member at Panthicompetition organised by the government onthe occasion of the birth anniversary of GuruGhasidas ji; Distt. General-Secretary, B.J.P.,Raipur, 1990-92; State General-Secretary, B.J.P.Anusuchit Jati Morcha, Chhattisgarh, 2000-2002;State Vice-President, B.J.P. Anusuchit JatiMorcha, Chhattisgarh, 2003; State-President,B.J.P. Anusuchit Jati Morcha, Chhattisgarh,2003-2007

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JAVADEKAR, SHRI PRAKASH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Shri Keshav

Mother’s Name Shrimati Rajani




Spouse’s Name Dr. Prachee Javadekar

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B. Com.Educated at University of Pune, Pune


Permanent Address 11, Suvan Apartments, Mayur Colony Kothrud,Pune - 411038 (Maharashtra)

Present Address Residence: 24, Mahadev Road, New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 23352124Fax : 23765111

E-mail: [email protected]: Bharatiya Janata, Party 11, Ashoka Road, New Delhi - 110001 Tel.: 23005700

Positions Held

1990 - 2002 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council1995 - 99 Executive President, State Planning Board,

Maharashtra1997 - 99 Chairman, Task Force on IT, Government of

Maharashtra2000 Chairman, Working Group on ‘IT for Masses’,

Government of IndiaApril 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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May 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Parliamentary Forum on YouthJan. 2010 onwardsMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on EnergyMay 2008 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableJuly 2009 onwards Member, Press Council of IndiaAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on DefenceMay 2010 - April 2012 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsMay 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Public AccountsJune 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of PowerAug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf

(Amendment) Bill, 2010Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationOctober 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-I on the Implementation

of the Right to Education Act of the Committeeon Human Resource Development

Books Published In Marathi: (i) Bekaricha Jwalamukhi (Problemof Unemployment), 1986, (ii) Nanenidhiche Karz(IMF Loan), 1987, (iii) Shetkanyanchi Karzmukti(Farm Loan Waiver), 1988 and (iv) MahagaichaBhasmasoor (Problem of Inflation), 1999 and 2010;has written 300 articles in various newspapers oncontemporary subjects; has also written manybooklets on unemployment, infiltration, IMF loanand other political issues

Social and Cultural Activities, Chairman, GRAMSHAKTI, an NGO working inLiterary, Artistic and Scientific the area of rural development; successfullyAccomplishments and other completed the Government of India’s WatershedSpecial Interests Development Project, Kolvan Valley, Mulshi

Tehsil, District Pune, 1996 - 2000; has worked inthe tribal areas of Thane District for the revival ofa development project launched by the Bank ofMaharashtra, 1978 - 80; received, ‘Sir PurshottamDas Thakur Memorial’ National Award forresearch paper on ‘Rural Development and Banks’role in Co-ordinated approach’

Countries Visited U.S.A. and Europe, visited, (i) U.S.A., as a Memberof the Young Political Leaders under the AmericanCouncil of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL)Programme, 1985, (ii) as a member of theGovernment of Maharashtra delegation toparticipate in Government Road-shows on IT,1998, (iii) Europe, to participate in the Marathi

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Sammelan, 1998, (iv) Boston (U.S.A.), as leaderof the delegation to negotiate MIT’S Media LabAsia Project, 2000, (v) U.S.A., to participate in theFICC-Yale Leadership Development Programme,2009, (vi) Israel, to participate in the Indo-IsraelFriendship Programme, 2010, (vii) Taiwan, 2008,(viii) Chicago (U.S.A.), to attend a conference onthe Telangana issue, 2010, (ix) China, to participatein the conference organised by the O.R.F., 2011,(x) Belgium, to attend the conference organisedby the Climate Parliament, 2011 and (xi) Finlandand Iceland, as Indian parliamentary delegate;attended, GLOBE Conference in (i) Japan, June2008, (ii) Rome (Italy), 2009, (iii) Copenhagan(Denmark), 2009 and (iv) Cape Town and Durban(South Africa), 2011

Other Information Led the students’ movements under the AkhilBharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in variouscapacities, 1969-77; worked with the Bank ofMaharashtra for 10 years (1971-81), also workedin the Employment Promotion Programme, SickUnit Cell, Rural Development Department, Bankof Maharashtra; organised Satyagraha against theEmergency rule and was imprisoned for 16 months,1975-77; Elected Senate Member, Pune Universityfor 12 years (1975-87); full time party worker,Bharatiya Janata Party since 1981; NationalSecretary and General Secretary, Bharatiya JanataYuva Morcha, 1984-90; State Secretary andCampaign Chief, B.J.P., Maharashtra, 1989-95;Spokesman, B.J.P., Maharashtra, 1994-96 and2002-2003; All India Spokesperson, BharatiyaJanata Party since 2005

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JAYASHREE, SMT. B.[Nominated]

Father’s Name Shri Basavaraj

Mother’s Name Shrimati Malathamma


Place of Birth Bangalore (Karnataka)


Spouse’s Name Shri K. Ananda Raju


Educational Qualifications GraduateEducated at National School of Drama, New Delhi

Profession Artist/Director

Permanent Address 952, “Gubbi”, 6th Cross, 5th Phase, BEML Layout,R.R. Nagar, Bangalore-560098 (Karnataka)Tel. : 080-28607090, 28602345 (R)Telefax : 080-22340334 (O)Mobile : 09448119345E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address C-102, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Mobile : 9013181001 E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1996 - 97 Director, Regional Resources Centre, NationalSchool of Drama, Bangalore

2004 - 2007 Member, Sangeet Natak Academy2008 - 2010 Member, National School of Drama, New DelhiMarch 2010 Nominated to Rajya Sabha

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July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Information and Broadcasting

Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareSept. 2011 onwards Member, Sub-Committee-I to examine the

functioning of AIIMS of the Committee on Healthand Family Welfare

Social and Cultural Activities, Director, Rangayana, Mysore; Creative Director,Literary, Artistic and Scientific Spandana Theatre Group since 1976; sheAccomplishments and other performed on the stage at the tender age of four;Special Interests has been the symbol of the evolution of theatre in

Karnataka for the past five decades; has figuredin innumerable plays during her long anddistinguished career; has directed and acted inmore than 50 plays under Spandana’s banner; thegroup strives to provide theatre goers and criticswith plays to remember both for its aesthetic andproduction values; promotes theatre music byconducting workshops and performances all overIndia and abroad; has worked as an AssistantChoreographer for the Festival of India in Sweden;the play ‘Lakshapati Rajana Kathe’ (story ofLakshapathi Raja) directed by her participated inthe International Experimental Theatre Festival inCairo and Tashkent in 1989; worked in a jointcollaboration project between Spandana andTheatre Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland tocommemorate 50 years of India’s Independence;directed a play ‘Hoovi’ in English for the groupICHF, Dallas, U.S.A. in the year 2004; she is theproduct of the philosophy ‘Home is theatre,theatre is home’; grand daughter of Gubbi Veerana,the architect and the life force of the celebratedGubbi Company; awarded, (i) Uttar PradeshSangeet Natak Academy’s Safdar Hashmi Award,(ii) Karnataka Natak Academy Award, 1996,(iii) Aryabhata and Udaya T.V.’s Best Play BackSinger Award ‘Knockout’, 1997, (iv) Sangeet NatakAcademy Award, 1997, (v) Best SupportingActress Award for her role in the feature film“Nagamandala” by the Karnataka Government,(vi) Sandesh Award, (vii) Shankaregowda Award,(viii) Karnataka Excellence Award, (ix) Kalpana

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Chawla Award, (x) Alwas’s Siri Award, (xi) KannadaRajyotsava Award, (xii) B.V. Karanth SmritiSamman Puraskar, 2005 and (xiii) Essel Karnataka’sBest Art and Culture Award; Conferred, D.Litt.(Honoris Causa) by the Karnataka OpenUniversity, Mysore

Countries Visited Sweden, U.K., U.S.A., South Africa, Egypt anderstwhile U.S.S.R.

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JETHMALANI, SHRI RAM[Bharatiya Janata Party - Rajasthan]

Father’s Name Late Shri Bulchand Gurmukh Dass

Mother’s Name Shrimati Parbati Jethmalani


Place of Birth Sindh (Pakistan)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Ratna R.

Children Two sons and two daughters

Educational Qualifications LL.M.Educated at S.C. Shahani Law College, Karachi


Permanent Address 41, Advent, 12-A, Genl. Bhonsale Marg,Mumbai-400021 (Maharashtra)Tel. : 22024403, 22024990Fax : 22842915

Present Address 2, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110011Tel. : 23792287, 23794651Fax: 23010944E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

1977 - 80 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok SabhaApril 1988 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 1994 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha1996 and Oct. 1999 - 23 July 2000 Union Minister of Law, Justice and Company

Affairs19 March 1998 - 14 June 1999 Union Minister of Urban Affairs and EmploymentApril 2000 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Home Affairs

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Aug. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Personnel, PublicAug. 2010 onwards Grievances, Law and JusticeApril 2006 Nominated to Rajya SabhaAug. 2006 - Aug. 2009 Member, Joint Committee to examine the

Constitutional & Legal position relating to Officeof Profit

Sept. 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2010 onwards of External AffairsSept. 2006 - Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on RulesJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Books Published (i) Conflict of Laws, 1955, (ii) Justice: Soviet Styleand (iii) Big Egos and Small Men; Contributor ofarticles to Indian Express, Illustrated Weekly,Asian Age, Tehelka

Social and Cultural Activities, Human Rights Award, 1977 by World PeaceLiterary, Artistic and Scientific through Law, WashingtonAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite (i) Bangalore Golf Club, (ii) Pune Club,Pastimes and Recreation (iii) Bombay Gymkhana, (iv) Bombay Presidency

Radio Club and (v) India International Centre;badminton

Countries Visited Important countries in every continent

Other Information Involved in social work, slum clearance; specialistin Criminal Law and Constitutional Law; part-timeProfessor, Government Law College, Bombay;currently teaching at the National Law School ofIndia University, Bangalore; Professor Emeritus,Symbiosis College of Law, Pune; HonoraryProfessor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi;taught International Law briefly, Wayne StateUniversity in Detroit, Michigan (U.S.A.);appointed Vice-President, World Peace throughLaw Centre, 1973 and later became HonoraryPresident, Australia and Asia Section; Chairman,Bar Council of India, 1970; Member,(i) International Bar Association, 1966 and(ii) Editorial Board of Lex et Juris; knows English,Hindi and Sindhi languages

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JHA, SHRI PRABHAT[Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Paneshwar Jha

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Amarawati Devi


Place of Birth Hariharpur, Distt. Darbhanga (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Ranjana Jha

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B. Sc., M.A. (Political Science), LL. B.Educated at PGV College, Gwalior and MadhavCollege and MLB College, Gwalior

Profession Journalist, Writer, Columnist, Social and PoliticalWorker

Permanent Address 5, Ashoka Apartments, Madhya Bharat KhadiSangh, Near Hanuman Mandir, Jiwaji Ganj,Lashkar, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)Tel.: 0751 - 2425056 (R), 0751 - 2456400 (O)Fax: 0751 - 4043400

Present Address 28, Meena Bagh, Maulana Azad Road,New Delhi - 110011Tel.: 23062849 (R)Telefax: 23062847 (O)Mobile: 9868181225, 9818184123E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentJuly 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Official LanguageAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Information Technology

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Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Rural Development

Jan. 2010 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population andPublic Health

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Railways

Books Published In Hindi: (i) Shilpi (three volumes), 2005, (ii) JanaGana Mana (three volumes), 2008, (iii) Ajatshatru -Pt. Deendayalji, 2008, (iv) Sankalp,(v) Antyodaya, (vi) Samarth Bharat,(vii) Chunautiyan, (viii) Vikalp and (ix) 21st

Century- India’s Century

Social and Cultural Activities, Participated in debates and seminars at theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific national level; Columnist in national and regionalAccomplishments and other newspapers; associated with Archana PrakashanSpecial Interests and Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Trust; Editor, Kamal

Sandesh (English and Hindi) since 2005

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Participated in cricket and monoplay, reading andPastimes and Recreation writing, social awareness

Countries Visited Austria, as member of the parliamentary delegationled by the Hon’ble speaker, Lok Sabha,August 2009

Other Information State President, Bharatiya Janata Party, MadhyaPradesh since May 2010; National Secretary,B.J.P., 2007-2010; Additional Secretary, B.J.P.Parliamentary Party Office, 2005-2007; All IndiaIn-charge, Literature and Publication, B.J.P.,2003-2005; Media in-charge and Spokesman,Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh, 1993-2002

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JINNAH, SHRI A. A.[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri Mohamed Sulaiman

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kathija Beevi


Place of Birth Tiruvarur (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Subeidha Begum


Educational Qualifications B.A., B.L.Educated at Loyola College, Chennai and LawCollege, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

Profession Advocate

Permanent Address (i) No. 2/29, J-Block, II Street, Annanagar East,Chennai-600102 (Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 26204600, 26260999Mobile: 09445300999

(ii) 97, V.R.M. Street, Vijayapuram, Tiruvarur,P.O. & Distt. Tiruvarur (Tamil Nadu)

(iii) High Court, 18, Law Chambers,Chennai-600104 (Tamil Nadu)Mobile : 9840264649

Present Address 9, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23794171Mobile: 9868181579

Positions Held

1967 - 70 Legal Advisor, State Transport, Government ofTamil NaduMember, Tamil Nadu Industrial InvestmentCorporation

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2004 - 2006 Member, Telephone Advisory CommitteeMember, Censor Board, Government of India

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersAug. 2009 onwardsAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of External AffairsDec. 2008 onwards Member, Coconut Development BoardNov. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development SchemeMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Petroleum and Natural Gas

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Debating in English and Tamil languages; writingPastimes and Recreation articles for magazines

Countries Visited U.S.A., as member of the Indian Parliamentarydelegation led by the Minister of ParliamentaryAffairs, Government of India; Sharjah, Abu Dhabi,Dubai (U.A.E.) and Singapore

Other Information Had been a detenue under the Maintenance ofInternal Security Act (M.I.S.A.) for one year in1976; Trustee, Chennai, Port Trust, 1996-98;Advocate, D.M.K. Party Headquarters for tenyears; Legal Advisor, T.I.I.C., and Governmentand private firms; was Secretary, (i) TamilAssociation, Loyola College, 1961-63; and(ii) Madras Law College Students’ Council; wasPresident, City Colleges Students’ Association,Madras

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JOIS, SHRI M. RAMA[Bharatiya Janata Party - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Shri M. Narasimha Jois

Mother’s Name Shrimati Laxmidevamma


Place of Birth Araga, Distt. Shimoga (Karnataka)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vimala


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., B.L.Educated at Central College and Government LawCollege, Bangalore, University of MysoreConferred Honorary Doctor of Laws by KuvempuUniversity, Karnataka

Profession Advocate

Permanent Address ‘Sri Shaila’, 870/C, V- Block, Rajaji Nagar,Bangalore-560010 (Karnataka)Telefax: 080-23151770 (R)E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address AB-98, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110003

Positions Held

Nov. 1977 - April 1992 Judge, High Court of KarnatakaMay 1992 - Sept. 1992 Chief Justice, High Court of Punjab and HaryanaJune 2002 - Sept. 2004 Governor of Jharkhand and BiharJune 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Human Resourceand Aug. 2009 onwards DevelopmentSept. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on RulesDec. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Select Committee to examine the

Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009Oct. 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-I on the Implementation


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Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Science and Technology,Environment and Forests

Books Published (i) Services under the State, 1974, 1982 and 2008,(ii) Legal and Constitutional History of India,1982 (four editions), (iii) Historic Legal Battle,1977, (iv) Dharma: The Global Ethic (in English,Kannada and Hindi) 1996, 1998 and 2003,(v) Ancient Indian Law: Eternal Values in ManuSmriti (in English, Kannada and Hindi), 2003, 2005and 2008, (vi) Trivarga Sidhhanta (in English andKannada), 2005 and 2008, (vii) The Bharatiya Wayto Lead a Purposeful Life (English and Kannada),2007, (viii) National Reconciliation for HarmoniousLiving, 2008, (ix) Code of Conduct for the Rulers(in English and Kannada), 2007, (x) Raja Dharmawith lessons on Raja Neeti and (xi) SansadBhawan Se Sandesh “Bharat”, Message fromParliament House “Bharat” (in Hindi and English)

Social and Cultural Activities, President, Bharat Vikas Parishad devoted toLiterary, Artistic and Scientific ‘Seva’ (Service) and Samskara (mouldingAccomplishments and other character), 1996-2002; Honorary Professor ofSpecial Interests National Law School University, Bangalore for

five years

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Writing articles on issues of topical interest;Pastimes and Recreation playing swadeshi games; yoga and pranayama

Countries Visited U.K., Mauritius, South Africa and Taiwan

Other Information Research and training in Polity; Convenor,Vignyaneshwara Rajadharma Research Centre atMartur in Gulburga; Guest Lecturer, BharatiyaNyaya Darshan and Raj Dharma, GulbargaUniversity for LL.M. Degree

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JUGUL KISHORE, SHRI[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Rameshwar Dayal

Mother’s Name Shrimati Vijaya


Place of Birth Vill. Churai Purwa, Post Shivpuri,Distt. Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Damyanti


Educational Qualifications Intermediate,J.L.M.D.J. Inter College, Khairabad,Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

Profession Political and Social Worker, Farmer

Permanent Address Vill. Churai Purwa, Post Shivpuri,Distt. Lakhimpur Kheri-261505 (Uttar Pradesh)

Present Address 151-153, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 011-23092210Mobile : 9013181058, 9721000058E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

2006 - 2010 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative CouncilJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Coal

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Social and Cultural Activities, To organize eye camp in Lakhimpur Kheri;Literary, Artistic and Scientific Founder of two degree colleges in LakhimpurAccomplishments and other KheriSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite VolleyballPastimes and Recreation


Other Information Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Co-operative Bank since6 October 2010

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KALITA, SHRI BHUBANESWAR[Indian National Congress - Assam]

Father’s Name Late Shri Krishna Kanta Kalita

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Giribala Kalita


Place of Birth Rangia, Distt. Kamrup (Assam)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Rwitticka Kalita

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications M.A., LL.B.Educated at Rangia HS School, Rangia, CottonCollege, Guwahati University and University LawCollege, Guwahati

Profession Lecturer, Advocate, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address House No. 20, Mahatma Gandhi Path, ChristianBasti, Guwahati-781005 (Assam)Tel.: 0361-2342906 (R)Fax: 0361-2461616 (O), 2341348Mobile: 09435048279

Present Address 12, Teen Murti Lane, New Delhi-110011Tel. : 011-23795097Fax: 011-23010840Mobile: 9868181150E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 1984 Elected to Rajya Sabha1986 - 88 Member, Committee on Government Assurances1986 - 90 Member, Employees State Insurance Corporation1985 - 87 Member, Central Silk Board

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April 1990 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaChairman, Committee on Subordinate LegislationChairman, Committee on Economic Affairs,Government of AssamMember, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Committee on EnergyMember, Committee on Industry

1992 - 96 Member and Vice-Chairman, Tea Board, India1998 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha

Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1998 - 99 Member, Committee on Estimates

Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Committee on External Affairs

2001 - 2006 Member, Assam Legislative Assembly2001 - 2002 Chairman, Committee on Petitions, Assam

Legislative Assembly2002 - 2004 Minister for Industry, Commerce, Information

Technology and Public Enterprises, Governmentof Assam

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, House CommitteeAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on External AffairsAug. 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Joint Committee on Members Salary

and AllowancesJan. 2009 - Nov. 2010 Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development SchemeMay 2009-May 2012 Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityJune 2009 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on IndustryAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Home AffairsSept. 2009 onwards Chairman, House CommitteeDec. 2010 onwards Additional Member, Parliamentary Forum on

Global Warming and Climate ChangeAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Energy

Books Published Contributing articles and columns in newspapersand magazines

Social and Cultural Activities, Organised rural development activities includingLiterary, Artistic and Scientific capacity building among the youth and womenAccomplishments and other to impart training, skill and engage them in incomeSpecial Interests generation schemes and activities; worked for

and organised cultural activities for integrationof tribal culture with the mainstream

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Associated with development of sports inPastimes and Recreation rural areas; as Vice-President of Indian Olympic

Association, worked for the exposure of theNational Sports and Sportsmen at internationallevel; Chef-De-Mission of Indian Contingent,Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi

Countries Visited Visited erstwhile U.S.S.R., as a member of theIndian Youth Delegation in 1985; DPR Korea, as amember of Indian Youth Delegation in 1987;U.S.A., as a member of Indian Youth Delegationin 1985, as a member of the Indian Delegation tothe UN General Assembly in 1994 and as a leader,Assam Government delegation to an InvestmentMeet in 2003; Australia, as a member of the IndianParliamentary Delegation to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference in 1995 andIndian Olympic Association delegation to SydneyOlympics-2000; Myanmar, as a leader, CIIDelegation (Industry), in 2005; Bhutan and Nepal,as a member of Indian Delegation (Indian OlympicAssociation) in 2007; Kuwait, as a member of theIndian Delgation to Olympic Council (Asia) in2007; Japan, as a member of the Indian Delegationto the G-8 (+5) Legislators Forum in connectionwith the Conference on Global Warming andClimate Change in 2008; China, as member of theIndian Delegation to Beijing Olympics in 2008,China and Mongolia as part of Hon’ble Speaker’sdelegation in 1993; Tanzania, as a member ofParliamentary Delegation for CommonwealthParliamentary Conference in October 2009; U.S.A.,as a member of Indian Delegation to UN GeneralAssembly at New York, November 2010; led IndianNational Congress delegation to sign BilateralProtocol between the Indian National Congressand the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Partyat Ulanbatar (Mongolia)

Other Information Associated with the Indian National Congress invarious capacities; President, Assam PradeshCongress Committee since 2004

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KANIMOZHI, SMT.[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri Karunanidhi

Mother’s Name Shrimati Rajathi Karunanidhi




Spouse’s Name Shri G. Aravindan

Children One son

Educational Qualifications M.A. ( Economics)

Profession Politician, Poet, Journalist

Permanent Address 14/1, First Main Road, C.I.T. Colony,Mylapore, Chennai-600004 (Tamil Nadu)Tel. : 044-24670606

Present Address C-601, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B. D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel. : 23708087Fax : 23708087E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

July 2007 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2007 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareSept. 2007 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010Aug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Empowerment of WomenSept. 2009 onwards

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May 2008 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Human Resource Development

May 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Parliamentary Forum on ChildrenJan. 2010 onwardsAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of External AffairsOct. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Food Management

in Parliament House ComplexOct. 2009 - Oct. 2012 Member, General Assembly of the Indian Council

for Cultural RelationsAug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee of PrivilegesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Home AffairsJan. 2012 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-I on the Implementation


July 2013 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Books Published In Tamil: (i) Karuvarai Vaasanai, (ii) Agathinai,(iii) Paarvaigal, and (iv) Karukkum Marudhani;her literary works have been translated intovarious languages like English, Malayalam,Kannada and Telugu by the Dravidian University

Social and Cultural Activities, Has organised Tamil folk art festivals calledLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Chennai Sangamam-Thiru Vizha, Namma TheruAccomplishments and other Vizha (Our Street Festival) showcasing Chennai’sSpecial Interests long-lost traditional art forms (the only Festival

of India that belongs to people of all religions, aswell as to the non-believers), the harvest festivalof Tamil antiquity; the Pongal, re-discovering itselfas urban thanksgiving; Chennai Sangamam hada successful fifth edition in January 2011; scripteda dance drama called ‘Silapathigaram, the womanof substance’; also interested in the welfare ofdifferently-abled people and the transgenders

Countries Visited Singapore, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Australia,France, U.S.A., Thailand and Germany

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Other Information Has organised Job Fairs in various districts ofTamil Nadu which began as an experiment in June2008 at Kariyapatti, a village in VirudhunagarDistrict; by March 2010, job fairs held in ruralareas had provided jobs to over one lakhunemployed youth spread across five districts,namely Nagercoil, Vellore, Udhagamandalam,Tiruchirapalli and Virudhunagar; plans to conductsimilar job fairs all over Tamil Nadu

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KANNAN, SHRI P.[Indian National Congress - Puducherry]

Father’s Name Shri Palanisamy

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kamatchi Ammal


Place of Birth Puducherry


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Santhi K.


Educational Qualifications P.U.C. (Intermediate)Educated at Tagore Arts College, Puducherry

Profession Social and Political Service

Permanent Address 76, Calve Subbaraya Chetty Street (Vysial Street),Puducherry-605001Tel.: 0413-2334141Mobile : 09443245573E-mail: [email protected]

Office Address : 60, Rue Romain Rolland,Puducherry - 605001Telefax: 0413-2341414 (O)

Present Address 604, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Telefax : 011-23359692Mobile : 09868181522E-mail: [email protected].

Positions HeldMarch 1985 - March 1990 Member, Puducherry Legislative Assembly

Minister, Health and Family Welfare, Governmentof Puducherry

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March 1990 - March 1991 Member, Puducherry Legislative AssemblyJuly 1991 - April 1996 Speaker, Puducherry Legislative AssemblyJune 1996-April 2000 Home Minister, Government of PuducherryApril 2000-March 2001 Minister, Public Works Department, Government

of PuducherryOct. 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Home AffairsAug. 2010-Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs

and Public DistributionSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationOct. 2011 onwards - Feb. 2013 Member, Court of the University of PondicherryAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Labour

Social and Cultural Activities, Interested in Arts and Literature; special interest inLiterary, Artistic and Scientific philosophy related with practical lifeAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Interacting with friends and peoplePastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Visited Russia (U.S.S.R.) as a member of YouthCongress Delegation, 1983

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KARAN SINGH, DR.[Indian National Congress - National Capital Territory

of Delhi]

Father’s Name Maharaja Hari SinghMother’s Name Maharani Tara DeviDate of Birth 9 March 1931Place of Birth Cannes (France)Marital Status Married on 5 March 1950Spouse’s Name Shrimati Yasho Rajya LakshmiChildren Two sons and one daughterEducational Qualifications M.A., Ph.D.

Educated at Doon School, University of Jammuand Kashmir and University of Delhi

Profession Author, Statesman, Educationist, EnvironmentalistPermanent Address 3, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021Present Address 3, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021

Tel.: 26115291, 26111744Fax: 26873171E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected] Held1967 Member, Fourth Lok Sabha1967 - 73 Union Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Civil

Aviation1971 Member, Fifth Lok Sabha1973 - 77 Union Minister for Health and Family Planning1977 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha1979 -80 Union Minister of Education and Culture1980 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha1990 Ambassador of India to the United States of

America (with Cabinet Status)1991-96 and Oct. 2004 onwards Chairman, Auroville Foundation (with Cabinet Status)Nov. 1996 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 12 Aug. 1999)1997- 99 Co-Chairman, Indo-French Forum (with Cabinet

Status)

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1998- 99, 2002 - Feb. 2004, Member, Committee on External AffairsAug. 2004 - May 2009 andAug. 2009 onwardsJan. 2000 Elected to Rajya Sabha2002 - 2007 Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityMarch 2003 - 7 March 2006 Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityAug. 2004 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the

Installation of Portraits/Statues of NationalLeaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament HouseComplex

Sept. 2004 - Dec. 2012 Chairman, Committee on Ethics, Rajya SabhaOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of DefenceAug. 2005 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeJan.2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)March 2006 - Aug. 2007 Member, Samsad (Court) of Visva Bharati2008 onwards Chancellor, Banaras Hindu UniversityJuly 2009 onwards Member, Advisory Council of the Delhi

Development AuthorityDec. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on

Maintenance of Heritage Character andDevelopment of Parliament House

July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof External Affairs

Jan. 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)Dec. 2012 onwards Chairman, Committee on Provision of Computer

Equipment to Members of Rajya SabhaBooks Published Author, (i) Varied Rhythms (Essays and Poems),

(ii) Shadow and Sunlight (Dogri Folk Songs),(iii) Prophet of Indian Nationalism (The PoliticalThought of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh), (iv) Welcomethe Moonrise (Poems), (v) Post-IndependenceGeneration, Challenge and Response,(vi) Contemporary Essays, (vii) Population,Poverty and the Future of India, (viii) In Defenceof Religion, (ix) Religions of India, (x) One Man’sWorld, (xi) Bridge to Immortality (The MundakaUpanishad), (xii) Humanity at the Crossroads,(xiii) Autobiography, (xiv) Essays on Hinduism,(xv) Brief Sojourn, (xvi) Hymn to Shiva and OtherPoems, (xvii) The Mountain of Shiva (Novel),(xviii) India and the World, (xix) Hinduism: TheEternal Religion, (xx) The Earth Has No Corners(a felicitation volume), (xxi) As I see it - The KaranSingh Reader, (xxii) Letters from Mirtola, (xxiii) IBelieve, (xxiv) Jammu & Kashmir 1949-64: Select

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correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru &Karan Singh, (xxv) Karan Singh: Tryst withHistory; Video and Audio cassettes: (i) TheMessage of Vedanta brought out by I.I.T., Delhi,and (ii) Voices of Freedom brought out by H.M.V.

Social and Cultural Activities, Culture, Education, Environment, External Affairs,Literary, Artistic and Scientific Interfaith, ReligionAccomplishments and otherSpecial InterestsSports, Clubs, Favourite Member of several clubs; reading books, IndianPastimes and Recreation classical and folk musicCountries Visited Travelled almost all over the world (five continents)Other Information Joined active political life at an early age of

eighteen years; appointed Regent by his fatheron the intervention of Prime Minister JawaharlalNehru in 1949; Head of the Indian State of Jammuand Kashmir for next eighteen years; as Regent,elected Sadar-i-Riyasat and Governor; the onlyformer ruler of a princely State to voluntarilysurrender his privy purse and put the entire suminto the Hari-Tara Charitable Trust named afterhis parents in the service of the people of India;Founder, International Centre for Science, Cultureand Consciousness; President, (i) People’sCommission on Environment and Development(India), and (ii) Indian Council for CulturalRelations (I.C.C.R) with Cabinet rank in 2005;Chairman, (i) Virat Hindu Samaj which seekssocial reforms on the basis of universal, vedanticvalues and (ii) Temple of Understanding, a globalInterfaith organisation; Vice-Chairman, JawaharlalNehru Memorial Fund; was Member, U.N.E.S.C.O.International Commission on Education for thetwenty-first century; Trustee,(i) IndiaInternational Centre, and (ii) Green CrossInternational; associated with many cultural andacademic institutions and has received severalhonorary degrees and other awards, includingdoctorates from the Banaras Hindu University,Aligarh Muslim University and Soka University,Tokyo; represented India at important internationalconferences; awarded, (i) National IntegrationAward for 2005 from the National Commission forMinorities, and (ii) Padma Vibhushan Award, 2005;India’s representative on the Executive Board ofUNESCO since November 2009

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KARIMPURI, SHRI AVTAR SINGH[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Sada Ram

Mother’s Name Shrimati Amar Kaur


Place of Birth Karimpur, Distt. Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar(Punjab)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Harjindar Kaur


Educational Qualifications M.A. (Human Rights), Post Graduate Diploma inCriminology and Forensic Science, Diploma inSocial Welfare Administration, Diploma in PoliceAdministration, B.A. (Public Administration),Post Graduate Diploma in International BusinessEducated at Govt. High School, Kotranjha (Punjab)and Annamalai University

Profession Business, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address House No. 69, Ward No.13, Mahilpur,Distt. Hoshiarpur (Punjab)Tel.: 01884-247599E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 88, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Mobile: 094170-56999E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1992 - 97 Member, Punjab Legislative AssemblyNov. 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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Jan. 2009 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Social Justice andAug. 2009 onwards EmpowermentSept. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of Civil AviationOct. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Food Management

in Parliament House Complex

Social and Cultural Activities, Engaged in social movements and economicLiterary, Artistic and Scientific emancipation programmes; made efforts toAccomplishments and other provide basic education to the needy widows andSpecial Interests the downtrodden children; promotion of games,

sports and Indian culture; spreading awarenessabout gender ratio and its implementation andagainst food adulteration; campaigned to curb airand noise pollution and protection ofenvironment and AIDS

Countries Visited U. K., Thailand and New Zealand

Other Information President, Bahujan Samaj Party, Punjab,22 January, 2003 to 9 November, 2012; GeneralSecretary, Bahujan Samaj Party, Punjab, 1994-99;Central Executive Member, Bahujan Samaj Party,Punjab, 2000-2002; In-charge, Himachal Pradesh,Bahujan Samaj Party since 9 November, 2012

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KASHYAP, SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Shiv Charan

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Sarla Devi


Place of Birth Vill. Saravani, Distt. Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Devindri Kashyap


Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at K.V. Degree College, MeerutUniversity, Uttar Pradesh and M.M.H. College,Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Profession Advocate

Permanent Address B-61D, Sector-23, Block-B, Sanjay Nagar,Ghaziabad-201001 (Uttar Pradesh)Tel. : 0120-2784882Fax: 0120-2784882

Present Address 37, Meena Bagh, New Delhi -110011Tel. : 23062994E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1998 - 2010 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative CouncilJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

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Social and Cultural Activities, Launched intensive campaign to create awarenessLiterary, Artistic and Scientific among people against dowry system and forAccomplishments and other de-addiction in the society, which benefitedSpecial Interests hundreds of families and individuals; imparted

training to the poor, leading to a decline incasteism in the society; motivating people,especially girls in the field of education; madeefforts to wipe out the feelings of hatred andjealousy from the society

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket; spending time with family members,Pastimes and Recreation travelling and interactions with friends

Countries Visited Thailand

Other Information Interested in honest and sincere political and socialwork

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KATIYAR, SHRI VINAY[Bharatiya Janata Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Devi Charan Katiyar

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Shyam Kali


Place of Birth Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

Marital Status Married in 1970

Spouse’s Name Late Shrimati Ram Bethi

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B. Com.Educated at Kanpur University, Kanpur(Uttar Pradesh)

Profession Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker,Religious Missionary

Permanent Address H.No. 111, Hindu Dham, Ramkot, Ayodhya,Distt. Faizabad-224001 (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 05278-232187

Present Address AB-4, Pandara Road, New Delhi-110 001Tel.: 011-23073602, 23782154Mobile : 09810849888, 09415047999E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held

1991 Member, Tenth Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Home Affairs

1996 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (second term)Member, Committee on RailwaysMember, Committee on Home Affairs

1999 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (third term)

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1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Committee on Information TechnologyMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Defence

April 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on AgricultureAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012Aug. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of DefenceMay 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of Home AffairsApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaOct. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development

Social and Cultural Activities, Social ServiceLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Interested in games and sports, kho kho inPastimes and Recreation particular

Countries Visited Nepal and South Korea

Other Information Organising Secretary, Akhil Bharatiya VidyarthiParishad (A.B.V.P.), Uttar Pradesh, 1970-74;Convenor, J.P. Movement, 1974; FounderPresident, (i) Hindu Jagran Manch, 1982 and(ii) Bajrang Dal since 1984; Member, Shri RamJanma Bhoomi Mukti Yagya Samiti since 1984;State Vice-President, B.J.P., Uttar Pradesh, 1997-2000; State General Secretary, B.J.P., UttarPradesh, 2000; State President, B.J.P., UttarPradesh, 25 June 2002-18 July 2004; NationalGeneral Secretary, B.J.P., 2006-25 January 2009;National Vice-President, B.J.P. since January 2009

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KEISHING, SHRI RISHANG[Indian National Congress - Manipur]

Father’s Name Late Shri Lungdi KeishingMother’s Name Late Shrimati Mungshingla KeishingDate of Birth 25 October 1919Place of Birth Bungpa Khunao, Distt. Ukhrul (Manipur)Marital Status Married on 15 April 1950Spouse’s Name Shrimati Khatingla KeishingChildren Four sons and two daughtersEducational Qualifications B.A.

Educated at St. Paul’s Cathedral College, KolkataProfession Political and Social WorkerPermanent Address (i) Bungpa Khunao, B.P.O. Kamjong,

Distt. Ukhrul (Manipur)

(ii) Mantri - Pukhri (Imphal)Tel.: 2422477Fax : 2427180

Present Address 12, Talkatora Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23327252, 23320162Mobile: 9868181075E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held1952 - 57 Member, First Lok Sabha1957 - 61 and 1967 - 71 Member, Manipur Territorial Council1962 - 67 Member, Third Lok Sabha1972 - 2001 Member, Manipur Legislative Assembly1974 - 76 Cabinet Minister, Government of Manipur1976 - 80 Opposition Leader, Manipur Legislative Assembly1980 - 85 Chief Minister, Manipur1985 - Feb.1988 Chief Minister, Manipur1994 - March 1995 Chief Minister, Manipur1995 - Dec. 1998 Chief Minister, Manipur

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April 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and

Public DistributionJan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on CommerceDec. 2003 - 2009 Member, Court of the North-Eastern Hill

UniversityAug. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Home AffairsAug. 2009 onwardsOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Shipping, Road Transport and HighwaysMay 2006 - April 2007 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Home AffairsSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee of PrivilegesMay 2011 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled

Castes and Scheduled TribesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and

EmpowermentMember, Committee on Home Affairs

Social and Cultural Activities, Served as Chairman, (i) Tangkhul LiteratureLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Society, 1949-51 and (ii) Manipur Film LiteratureAccomplishments and other Corporation, 1985-87Special Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite During student days, actively participated inPastimes and Recreation football and athletic events like javelin throw,

shotput, high jump, long jump and race; waschampion in the college for four consecutiveyears; represented Calcutta University in InterVarsity Meet in 1948 and won first prize in javelinthrow and second prize in high jump

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Myanmar and Vietnam

Other Information Participated in the Freedom Struggle; attendedmeetings, etc. as a student during the period of1945-47; was imprisoned during the SocialistParty’s agitation for the merger of Manipur withthe Union of India, 1949; was arrested anddetained at the Imphal jail for taking part in anagitation for the restoration of the dissolved

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Manipur Legislative Assembly, 1954; wasdetained at the Imphal and Nowgong (Assam)jails for some months during an agitation launchedby the Socialist Party for the restoration of theManipur Legislative Assembly, 1960; arrested anddetained by the Janata Government, Manipur,1978; Member, (i) Socialist Party of India, 1947-64, (ii) Indian delegation to Asian SocialistConference held in Rangoon (Myanmar), January1953, (iii) Indian National Congress since 1964,(iv) Indian delegation led by late Shri Y.B.Chavanto the 35th General Session of the U.N. held inU.S.A. in 1975, (v) Indian delegation to attend the51st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference heldat Sheraton, Fiji, 2005, (vi) Ninth FinanceCommission and (vii) Indian ParliamentaryDelegation to Vietnam led by Shri SomnathChatterjee, former Speaker, Lok Sabha; FounderHead Master of the first High School in DistrictUkhrul, 1949-52; Founding Member andHonorary Head Master, Phungyar High School,1959-61; Founding Member, (i) High School,Kamjong, 1969 and (ii) High School at KasomKhullen, 1970; was Chairman, (i) Eastern BorderDevelopment Authority and (ii) BarakDevelopment Board, 1995-97; helped to set up,(i) Foundation for Management of Tribal Areas(MATA) in 1998, (ii) Fresh Ginger Oil ProcessingPilot Project with technology developed by theR.R.L., Trivandrum in 1998 and (iii) FruitProcessing Unit with technology developed bythe C.F.T.R.I., Mysore (presently being set up);felicitated as the serving Rajya Sabha Member ofthe first Lok Sabha by the then Prime Minister,Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in December 2003 on theoccasion of the celebration of 200th Session ofRajya Sabha; felicitated as a serving Member ofParliament by the President of India, Prime Ministerof India and Speaker, Lok Sabha and theChairman, Rajya Sabha at a function held on13 May, 2012, to commemorate the 60th Anniversaryof the Parliament of India

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KHABRI, SHRI BRIJLAL[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Asha Ram

Mother’s Name Shrimati Gulab Rani


Place of Birth Khabri, Distt. Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Urmila Devi Sonkar Khabri


Educational Qualifications M.A., LL.B.Educated at Dayanand Vedic Mahavidyalaya,Orai, Distt. Jalaun and Bundelkhand University,Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh


Permanent Address 3538, Patel Nagar, Orai, Distt. Jalaun-285001(Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 05162-256925Mobile: 09415592881

Present Address C-301, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23766067Mobile: 9871106761, 9868181921

Positions Held1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and

Public Distribution2000 - 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of LabourNov. 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2009 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersAug. 2009 onwards

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Jan. 2010 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on YouthMember, Consultative Committee for the Minstryof External Affairs

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with social work through publicLiterary, Artistic and Scientific contact; organising people of all faiths, castesAccomplishments and other and communities for bringing awareness amongSpecial Interests them; upliftment of the downtrodden and

backward classes; keenly interested in promotingsocial and cultural activities; working forspreading educational awareness in the society;making efforts to rid the society of superstitions

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Playing and watching football, kabaddi,Pastimes and Recreation badminton and cricket; listening to kavi

sammelans, Alaha quawwalies, watchingclassical films and gardening

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KHAN, SHRI K. RAHMAN[Indian National Congress - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Late Shri K. Khasim KhanMother’s Name Late Shrimati KhairunnisaDate of Birth 5 April 1939Place of Birth Krishnarajpet, Distt. Mandya (Karnataka)Marital Status Married on 8 November 1964Spouse’s Name Shrimati Ayesha RahmanChildren Three sons and two daughters

Educational Qualifications Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), FCAEducated at Mysore University, Mysore

Profession Chartered AccountantPermanent Address 200/C, 7th Main, III Block, Jayanagar,

Bangalore -560011 (Karnataka)Tel.: 080 -26638778, 26633755 (R)Fax: 080 -26636372

Present Address Office: Ministry of Minority AffairsParyavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex,New Delhi -110003Tel. : 011-24364273-75Fax : 011-24364276

Residence: 28, Akbar Road, New Delhi -110001Tel. : 23795782, 23795021Mobile: 9810341136E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held1978 - 90 Member, Karnataka Legislative Council1982 - 84 Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Council1993 - 94 Chairman, Karnataka State Minorities

Commission (Cabinet Minister rank)April 1994 Elected to Rajya Sabha (first term)1995 - 96 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsMember, Committee on External Affairs

1996 - 97 Member, Standing Committee on Finance

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Oct. 1996 - Dec. 1997 and Member, J.P.C. on the functioning of Wakf BoardsJuly 2001 - Feb. 20041996 - 99 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableJan. 1999 - April 1999 Chairman J.P.C. on the functioning of Wakf BoardsDec. 1999 - 2001 Member, Committee on FinanceDec. 1999 - 2003 Member, Committee on Public AccountsApril 2000 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)May 2000 - July 2004 Deputy Leader, I.N.C. in Rajya SabhaApril 2001- 2002 Member, J.P.C. on Stock Market Scam and matters

related theretoJan. 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureMay 2004 - 20 July 2004 Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals

and Fertilizers22 July 2004 - 2 April 2006 and Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha12 May 2006 - April 2012April 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)Aug. 2004 - April 2006 and Member, Business Advisory CommitteeMay 2006 - Sept. 2010Sept. 2004 - April 2006 and Chairman, Committee of PrivilegesMay 2006 - April 2012 Chairman, Committee on Provision of Computer

Equipment to Members of Rajya SabhaChairman, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme (Rajya Sabha)

2005 -2006 Regional Representative to the ExecutiveCommittee of the C.P.A.

Aug. 2005 - April 2006 and Member, General Purposes CommitteeMay 2006 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on RulesOct. 2005 - April 2006, Ex-officio Vice-President, Parliamentary ForumMay 2006 - May 2009 and on Water Conservation and ManagementJan. 2010 - April 2012Feb. 2006 - May 2009 and Ex-officio Vice-President, Parliamentary ForumJan. 2010 - April 2012 on Children

Ex-officio Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on YouthJuly 2006 - May 2009 and Ex-officio Vice-President, Parliamentary ForumJan. 2010 - April 2012 on Population and Public HealthOct. 2006 Elected Honorary Internal Auditor of the I.P.U. at

its 115th Assembly, GenevaMay 2008 - May 2009 Chairman, J.P.C. on WakfJuly 2008 - May 2009 and Ex-officio Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum onJan. 2010 - April 2012 Global Warming and Climate ChangeDec. 2011 - April 2012 Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

ManagementApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term)28 Oct. 2012 onwards Union Minister of Minority Affairs

Chairman, Central Wakf CouncilPresident, Maulana Azad Education Foundation

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Books Published Expression of Thoughts-Selected Speeches ofK. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha,2011; “Izhar-E-Khayal” (Urdu), 2011; Editor,Urdu Daily ‘Salar’, 1978-1982; Chief Editor, Urduweekly ‘Tarjuman-e-Junub’; contributed editorials,regular columns on vital issues on minorityeducation and employment; established firstevening English daily newspaper ‘Southern Speaker’

Social and Cultural Activities, Chairman, K.K. Education & Charitable Trust;Literary, Artistic and Scientific Pro Vice-Chairman, Managing Committee ofAccomplishments and other Delhi Public School (South, North, East BangaloreSpecial Interests and Mysore); Vice-President, Al-Ameen

Charitable Fund Trust, Bijapur; Director,Accounting Research Foundation of the ICAI;Trustee, Urdu Daily Salar; awarded, Ph.D. degree(Honoris Causa) by the Integral University,Lucknow; Conferred, several awards includingSahkara Ratna Award by the Government ofKarnataka and Tipu Sultan Award

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Music and badmintonPastimes and RecreationCountries Visited Widely travelledOther Information Associated with several bodies/institutes, etc.;

was Chairman, (i) Institute of CharteredAccountants of India, Bangalore Branch,(ii) Amanath Co-operative Bank Ltd. (a ScheduledBank), (iii) Al-Ameen Educational Society and(iv) Tipu Sultan Wakf Estate, Srirangapatna; wasPresident, Central Muslim Association ofKarnataka; was Vice-President, Majlis-e-MilliaIslamia; was Treasurer, Southern India Council ofChartered Accountants of India; was ExecutiveDirector, Karnataka Wakf DevelopmentCorporation; was Member, Court of the AligarhMuslim University; was Member, GoverningCouncil, Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology,Bangalore; was Leader/Member of severalParliamentary Delegations in his capacity asDeputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha to the I.P.U.,C.P.A., etc.; attended, 20th Conference of Speakersand Presiding Officers of the CommonwealthCountries in New Delhi, January, 2010; the G-20Speakers’ Consultation-Presiding Officers of theUpper and Unicameral Houses of the G-20, Ottawa(Canada), September, 2010; represented India asLeader of the Goodwill Delegation for the Haj 2006in January, 2006

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KHAN, SHRI MOHD. ALI[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Sohrab Ali Khan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Amena Begum


Place of Birth Village Rudrur, Distt. Nizamabad (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Lateefunisa Begum


Educational Qualifications Under Matric


Permanent Address 17-9-596, Yakutpura, Hyderabad-500023(Andhra Pradesh)Tel.: 040 -24527772,Mobile : 09490748377

Present Address 162, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23794594Mobile: 9868181820E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Shipping, Road Transport and Highways

Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on AgricultureAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Home AffairsMay 2011 onwards Member, Committee on LabourSept. 2012 onwards Member, National Shipping Board

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Social and Cultural Activities, As President, Andhra Pradesh Congress SevaLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Dal from 1984 to 1997 conducted severalAccomplishments and training programmes and awareness camps forother Special Interests the youth, the minorities, Scheduled Castes,

Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes of thesociety; as Chairman, Society for EmploymentPromotion and Training in Twin Cities (SETWIN),Hyderabad introduced the policy of providingreservations to the Scheduled Castes, ScheduledTribes, Backward Classes, women and thedisabled during the year 2006, was responsiblefor restoring the scheme of SETWIN Mini Busesand provided employment to 400 unemployedyouth through the scheme in the twin cities ofHyderabad and Secunderabad; submitted a policyproposal to the Government of Andhra Pradeshfor establishing a SETWIN Study Centre toprovide free coaching to the minority youth toprepare for the All India level competitiveexaminations like IAS, IPS, etc.

Other Information Chairman, (i) SETWIN, 2005-2007 and (ii) AndhraPradesh Congress Seva Dal for thirteen years(1984-97); Director, Andhra Bank, 1996-99

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KHANNA, SHRI AVINASH RAI[Bharatiya Janata Party - Punjab]

Father’s Name Shri Surinder Kumar KhannaMother’s Name Shrimati Raj Rani KhannaDate of Birth 30 December 1960Place of Birth Garhshankar, Distt. Hoshiarpur (Punjab)Marital Status Married on 28 November 1985Spouse’s Name Shrimati MinakshiChildren One son and one daughterEducational Qualifications B.Com., LL.B., Diploma in Business Management

Educated at D.A.V. College, Jalandhar and PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh

Profession Advocate

Permanent Address (i) Ward No. 6, Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur-144527(Punjab)Tel.: 01882-232300Mobile: 9463600544, 9013181544E-mail: [email protected]

(ii) Narain Nagar, Street No. 5, W.N. 3,Hoshiarpur (Punjab)

Present Address 202, Brahmaputra Apartment, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23782281E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1997 - 2002 Member, Planning Board, Hoshiarpur2002 - 2004 Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly2002 - 2003 Leader, B.J.P. Legislature Group, Punjab2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha

Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairsand Public Distribution

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2 January 2006 - 2009 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf2009 - 2010 Member, Punjab State Human Rights CommissionApril 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Defence


Aug. 2011 onwards Additional Member, Parliamentary Forum onWater Conservation and Management

Sept. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Government AssurancesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource

Development

Social and Cultural Activities, Organised coaching centres through Sewa Bharti;Literary, Artistic and Scientific Founder, (i) Baba Augarh Educational Society,Accomplishments and Other Jaijon and (ii) SEWA (Social Educational WelfareSpecial Interests Association), Hoshiarpur, which is running a girls

college at Jaijon; adopted four governmentschools; opened a college in rural area; Member,RIPP (Release of Indian Prisoners from Pakistan);has written three articles on ‘Save Water’, ‘Aids’and ‘Female Foeticide’ which were published inEnglish, Hindi and Punjabi Newspapers; socialwork and sports

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Kabaddi and cricket; reading newspaper, meetingPastimes and Recreation public to solve their problems

Countries Visited Canada, U.K., Norway, Sweden, Denmark,Germany, Vietnam, Pakistan, Chiang Mai(Thailand)

Other Information Active Member of A.B.V.P. and R.S.S. duringstudent days; Elected President, B.J.P., PunjabUnit, 2004; organised, (i) blood donation camps,(ii) a mega medical camp for three days, (iii) fourjob melas in the rural area, (iv) two passportadalats at Garhshankar and Ropar (Punjab), (v) aLok Adalat at Nangal to solve the problems relatedto the P.S.E.B., (vi) 16 programmes to raise theissue of female foeticide, (vii) personalitydevelopment programmes for 150 rural studentsevery year and (viii) programme to createawareness against drug abuse; organising aProgramme known as “Ek Raat Janta Ke Sath’;started the movement to save water, with theslogan “Every day, everybody should save a litreof water”; raised funds for the repair of roads

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between Garhshankar and Hoshiarpur bypolishing the shoes of the public; collected moneyfor Tsunami affected people in Punjab State bypolishing shoes of public in six districts of Punjab;Associate Member, Delimitation Commission;undertook, (i) cycle yatra from Ludhiana toAmritsar against price rise, (ii) Pad Yatra fromSri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar to Wagah Border,to raise the issue of persons detained in jail inPakistan, (iii) cycle yatra from Garhshankar toHoshiarpur, to promote the use of swadeshigoods, (iv) cycle yatra from Garhshankar toHoshiarpur, against rise in the prices of dieseland petrol, (v) road show from Nangal toHoshiarpur, Dasuya to Hoshiarpur under thebanner, ‘Sadak Banao ya Gaddi Chhoro’,(vi) road show from Hoshiarpur to Chandigarhknown as ‘Vande Matram Yatra’ and (vii) marchfrom Hoshiarpur to Dasuya against drugaddiction; adopted children with heart problemto get them treated; awarded, (i) Sewa Ratan fromSewa Bharti and (ii) Giani Gurmukh Award;organised a large number of career counsellingprogrammes; was arrested at Delhi to protest forthe rights of the 1947 West-Pakistani refugeessettled in Jammu to press the demand for theircitizenship

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KHUNTIA, SHRI RAMA CHANDRA[Indian National Congress - Odisha]

Father’s Name Lt. Kanhu Charan Khuntia

Mother’s Name Shrimati Indumati Khuntia


Place of Birth Begana (Odisha)

Marital Status Married on 1 July 1979

Spouse’s Name Shrimati Hemalata Khuntia alias PrangyaparamittaKhuntia

Children Two sons and three daughters

Educational Qualifications M. A., LL.B., M.B.A.Educated at Utkal University and Sikkim ManipalUniversityHindi Snatak from Vardha University

Profession Advocate, Trade Unionist, Social Worker,Educationist and Cultivator

Permanent Address At Begana, P.O. Dhaneswar via Korai,Distt. Jajpur (Odisha)Tel.: 06726-265013, 265150

Present Address 26, Dr. R.P. Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23386999, 23384999Fax: 23782999Mobile: 9868103999, 9810399295, 9437029595

E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

1985 - 87 Member, Public Accounts Committee, OdishaLegislative Assembly

1985 - 90 Member, Odisha Legislative AssemblyGovernment Deputy Chief Whip, OdishaLegislative Assembly

1986 onwards President, I.N.T.U.C., Odisha Branch

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1993 onwards National Vice-President, Indian National MetalWorkers FederationNational Vice-President, I.N.T.U.C.

July 1998 Elected to Rajya Sabha1998 - 99 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and Forests1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Labour, Tribal Welfare and

Social Empowerment2001 Elected Vice-President, International Federation

of Building & Wood Workers (I.F.B.W.W.), GenevaPresident, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee ofI.F.B.W.W.

2002 Elected President, Indian National BuildingConstruction, Forest and Wood Workers’Federation (I.N.B.C.W.F.)Member, Coir BoardMember, Rubber Board

Jan. 2000 - 2004 Member, Committee on Labour and WelfareMay 2000 - 2004 Member, Committee on PetitionsApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2009 onwards of DefenceMay 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on PetitionsAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Home AffairsNov. 2008 onwards Member, Employees’ State Insurance CorporationAug. 2009 -Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on EnergyMarch 2010 onwards Member, Railway Convention CommitteeAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Water ResourcesSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee of PrivilegesMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward

ClassesSept. 2012 onwards Member, General Body of the Central Social

Welfare Board

Books Published Translated into Odia, (i) ‘The Honey Bee’ byShri G. Ramanujam, under the title Mahumacchi,1997, (ii) ‘The Management Ring Side View’ byShri G. Ramanujam under the title ShramikaDrustire Malika, 1998, (iii) ‘The Voice of Odishain Parliament, 2012’, (iv) ‘The Voice of Labour inParliament, 2012’ and (v) ‘The Voice ofEnvironment in Parliament, 2012’

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Social and Cultural Activities, Reading books, organising social and culturalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific functionsAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Life Member, (i) Bhubaneswar Club, Bhubaneswar,Pastimes and Recreation (ii) The Universe, Cuttack, (iii) Red Cross,

(iv) International Youth Hostel, (v) Y.M.C.A.,(vi) High Court Bar Association, Cuttack, (vii) BarAssociation, Bhubaneswar and (viii) BarAssociation, Jajpur Town


Other Information Launched, (i) movement for bringing aboutcomprehensive legislation for buildingconstruction worker and (ii) massive campaign atthe State and National level for comprehensivelabour legislation for unorganised agricultural andother workers who are not covered under anysocial security laws; Chairman, (i) ReceptionCommittee, 25th National Convention of I.N.T.U.C.held at Cuttack in May, 1993 and (ii) State ContractLabour Advisory Committee; General Secretary,Indian National Building Construction, Forest andWood Workers Federation (I.N.B.C.W.F.) since1991; Member,(i) International Executive Board,International Federation of Building and WoodWorkers (I.F.B.W.W.), Geneva, Switzerland,(ii) I.L.O./W.H.O. Joint Committee on OccupationalHealth and (iii) Governing Body, V.V. Giri NationalLabour Institute; Titular Member, InternationalFederation of Building and Wood Workers AsiaPacific Regional Committee since 1993; Delegate,(i) Special Tripartite Committee on Labour,Government of India and (ii) Indian LabourConference, 1993-97; participated in,(i) International Labour Conference, 1997, (ii) I.L.O.Special Tripartite Meeting on ConstructionWorkers at ILO Office, Geneva, 2001 and(iii) Closing Ceremony of ‘Global March AgainstChild Labour’, Geneva, 30 May 1998; attended,I.L.O. Conference, Geneva, 2007

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KIDWAI, SMT. MOHSINA[Indian National Congress - Chhattisgarh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Qutub-Uddin Ahmad Mulla

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Zehra Khatoon


Place of Birth Distt. Banda (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shri Khalil R. Kidwai


Educational Qualifications IntermediateEducated at Women’s College, Aligarh MuslimUniversity, Aligarh


Permanent Address Civil Lines, District Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh)

Present Address 80, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 24694785, 24694787Mobile: 9868181165E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1960 - 74 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council1973 - 74 Minister of State, Food and Civil Supplies,

Government of Uttar Pradesh1974 - 77 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1974 -75 Cabinet Minister for Harijan and Social Welfare,

Government of Uttar Pradesh1975 - 77 Cabinet Minister for Small Scale Industries,

Government of Uttar Pradesh1978 - 79 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha11 Sept. 1982 - 29 Jan. 1983 Union Minister of State for Labour and

Rehabilitation

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29 Jan. 1983 - 2 Aug. 1984 Union Minister of State for Health and FamilyWelfare

1984 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha2 Aug. 1984 - 31 Oct. 1984 and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the4 Nov. 1984 - 31 Dec. 1984 Ministry of Rural Development31 Dec. 1984 - 24 June 1986 Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family

Welfare24 June - 22 Oct. 1986 Union Cabinet Minister of Transport22 Oct. 1986 - 2 Dec. 1989 Union Cabinet Minister of Urban Development14 Feb. 1988 - 25 June 1989 Minister of Tourism (additional charge)June 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2004 onwards Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim UniversityAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on AgricultureNov. 2004 - 2008 Member, Anjuman (Court) of Jamia Millia Islamia

UniversityOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Social Justice and EmpowermentMay 2006 - May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and

Public HealthJuly 2006 - 2008 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs

and Public DistributionOct. 2008 onwards Member, General Body of the Central Social

Welfare BoardAug. 2009 - June 2010 Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentMember, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

June 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2010 onwards Member, House CommitteeMarch 2011 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Offices of ProfitOct. 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-II on the Facilities and

Incentives for Sportspersons in India of theCommittee on Human Resource Development

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Agriculture

Social and Cultural Activities, Upliftment of women and children, includingLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Harijans and amelioration of the downtroddenAccomplishments and other sections of the society; political and socialSpecial Interests service to help destitute, downtrodden women

and children and create opportunities for them tobecome responsible citizens

Sports, Clubs, Favourite BadmintonPastimes and Recreation

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Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., U.S.S.R., U.A.E., Tanzania,Mauritius, Nairobi (Kenya), Germany, Hungary,Peru, Geneva (Switzerland), Algeria, Islamabad(Pakistan), Beijing (China), Kuala Lumpur(Malaysia), Vietnam and Thailand

Other Information Member of the Official delegations to (i) Women’sConference in German Democratic Republic,(ii) World Peace Conference, U.S.S.R. and Hungary,(iii) United Nations Centre for Human Settlements(UNCHS) Conference, Peru, (iv) World HealthAssembly Meet, Geneva, Switzerland, (v) 10th

Session of UNCHS, (vi) Plenary Session of SAARCSummit and (vii) Women’s Conference, KualaLumpur, Malaysia; Leader of the Indian delegationto (i) Algeria to attend 25th Anniversary of AlgerianIndependence, (ii) Moscow, U.S.S.R. to inauguratethe Vistara Exhibition of Architecture of India and(iii) Brunei in 1983 to attend the CoronationCeremony of the King of Brunei; led IndianGoodwill delegation to Thailand and Vietnam;addressed the U.N. Assembly in 2005

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KORE, DR. PRABHAKAR[Bharatiya Janata Party - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Late Shri Basaprabhu

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Sharada


Place of Birth Ankali, Distt. Belgaum (Karnataka)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Asha Kore


Educational Qualifications B. Com.

Educated at Gogte College of Commerce, Belgaum

Profession Agriculturist, Trader and Industrialist

Permanent Address “Casa Ajmer”, BC No. 92, Church Road,Camp-Belgaum, Belgaum - 590009 (Karnataka)Tel.: 0831-2465577(R), 2404040 (O), 08338-254347 (O)Fax: 0831-2452757 (R), 0831-2404060, 080-22371544 (O)Mobile: 9845354747E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address C- 1/19, Humayun Road, New Delhi-110003Tel. : 24610747Mobile : 9868181747

Positions HeldApril 1990 Elected to Rajya Sabha1990 - 96 Member, Committee on Railways

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof DefenceMember, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

2001 - 2007 Member, Karnataka Legislative CouncilJune - 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Human Resource Development

May 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-II to examine thefunctioning of CGHS of the Committee on Healthand Family Welfare

Social and Cultural Activities, Recipient of Life Time Achievement Award forLiterary, Artistic and Scientific education, service, and commitment to societyAccomplishments and other awarded for the very first time by Veerashiva SamajSpecial Interests of North America in New York; Organised, (i) 70th

All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, in 2003,(ii) All India 5th Sharan Sahitya Sammelan, Belgaumin 1999 and (iii) Drama and Music Festivals atBelgaum; Founder, (i) “School of Music”,Belgaum, 2007 and (ii) District Level MahilaCo-operative Bank, Belgaum

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Interested in theatre activitiesPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, U.S.A., Canada,European Countries, Russia, Turkey, Japan,Sri Lanka, African Countries and Bahrain

Other Information Chancellor, K.L.E. University since 2006;Chairman, K. L. E. Society, Belgaum since 1984;Working President, Belgaum District Task Forceon Total Quality Management in HigherEducation; Vice-President, All India PrivateMedical and Engineering Colleges Association,Bangalore; Director, (i) National Federation ofCooperative Sugar Factories, New Delhi since 1990and (ii) VRL Logistics, 2008; Member, AICTE,New Delhi

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KOSHYARI, SHRI BHAGAT SINGH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Uttarakhand]

Father’s Name Late Shri Gopal Singh Koshyari

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Motima Devi


Place of Birth Palanadhura Chetabgarh, Distt. Bageshwar(Uttarakhand)


Educational Qualifications M.A. (English)Educated at Almora College, Almora(Agra University)

Profession Teacher and Journalist

Permanent Address (i) Hotel Uttaranchal Deep, Naya Bazaar, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) Tel. : 05964-224854, 224354

(ii) 17, New Cantt. Road, Hathi Badkala,Dehradun (Uttarakhand)Tel.: 0135-2746835, 2740669

Present Address 11-A, Ashoka Road, New DelhiE-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

May 1997 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council1997 - 98 Member, Committee on Delegated Legislation,

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council1998 - 99 Member, Committee on Government Assurances,

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Petitions, Uttar Pradesh

Legislative CouncilMember, Advisory Committee, Development andPlanning

Nov. 2000 - 28 Oct. 2001 Minister of Energy, Irrigation, Parliamentary andLegislative Affairs, Government of Uttaranchal

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29 Oct. 2001- March 2002 Chief Minister, UttaranchalMarch 2002 - Nov. 2008 Member, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition, Uttarakhand LegislativeAssembly

Nov. 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaFeb. 2009 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Energy

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Environment and Forests

Oct. 2009 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeSept. 2010 onwards Chairman, Committee on Petitions

Books Published (i) Uttaranchal Pradesh Kyon? and (ii) UttaranchalSangharsh Evam Samadhan; Founder andManaging Editor, ‘Parvat Piyush’, a weeklypublished from Pithoragarh since 1975; has writtenarticles in several newspapers

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder, (i) Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Pithoragarh,Literary, Artistic and Scientific (ii) Vivekanand Vidya Mandir Inter College,Accomplishments and other Pithoragarh and (iii) Saraswati Vihar HigherSpecial Interests Secondary School, Nainital; talk shows on the All

India Radio

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Trekking, reading philosophical, historical andPastimes and Recreation educational books

Countries Visited Nepal, U.S.A. and Mauritius

Other Information Detained in Almora and Fatehgarh Central Jailunder the Maintenance of Internal Security Act(MISA), 3 July 1975-23 March 1977; Lecturer,R. Inter College, Raja ka Rampur, Etah (UttarPradesh), 1964-65; General Secretary,(i) Students’ Union, Almora College, Almora, 1961-62, and (ii) Uttaranchal Pradesh Sangharsh Samiti,1987-96; State President, Bharatiya Janata Party,Uttarakhand, since September 2003; Member, (i)Uttar Pradesh Hindi Newspaper Conference, 1978-91, (ii) Executive Council, Kumaon University,1979-82, 1982-85 and 1988-91 and (iii) Senate,Kumaon University, Nainital, 1999-2000

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KRISHNA, SHRI S.M.[Indian National Congress - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Late Shri S.C. Mallaiah

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Thayamma


Place of Birth Somanahalli, Distt. Mandya (Karnataka)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Prema Krishna


Educational Qualifications B.A., B.L., M.C.L. (U.S.A.)Educated at Maharaja’s College, Mysore,Government Law College, Bangalore, SouthernMethodist University, Dallas-Texas (U.S.A.)

Profession Attorney-At-Law

Permanent Address “SHAMBAVI”, No. 143, 5th Cross, 9th Main,Sadashivanagara, Bangalore-560080 (Karnataka)Tel.: 080-23616000Fax: 080-23614400

Present Address 1, Thyagaraja Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23013526, 23013254Fax: 23013459E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1962 - 67 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1968 - 70 Member, Fourth Lok Sabha1971 - 72 Member, Fifth Lok Sabha (resigned in June, 1972)1972 - 77 Member, Karnataka Legislative Council

Minister for Commerce and Industries,Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Karnataka

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1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha29 Jan.1983 - 7 Feb. 1984 Union Minister of State for IndustriesFeb. 1984 - Dec. 1984 Union Minsiter of State for Finance1989 - 94 Member, Karnataka Legislative AssemblyDec. 1989 - 92 Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1992 - 9 Dec.1994 Deputy Chief Minister, Government of KarnatakaApril 1996 Elected to Rajya Sabha1999 President, Karnataka Pradesh Congress

Committtee1999 - 2004 Chief Minister, Karnataka2004 - 2008 Governor of MaharashtraJune 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha22 May 2009 - 27 Oct. 2012 Minister of External Affairs

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with the World University ServiceLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Tennis, Yoga and readingPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited New Zealand, as Member of the Indian delegationto the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference,1965; U.S.A. as Member of the Indian delegationto the United Nations, 1982; United Kingdom, asa Delegate to the Commonwealth ParliamentarySeminar, 1990; all countries in Europe, Asia, Africaand Australia

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KSHATRIYA, PROF. ALKA BALRAM[Indian National Congress - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Late Shri Balram KshatriyaMother’s Name Shrimati Tarla KshatriyaDate of Birth 7 November 1959Place of Birth Mahesana (Gujarat)Marital Status UnmarriedEducational Qualifications B.Com., LL.B., M.Com., LL.M. (Commercial Law),

Diploma in Labour Laws and Practice (D.L.P.),Diploma in Taxation Practice (D.T.P.), Ph.D. (Acomparative analysis of Performance Appraisalof Mahila Co-Operative Banks of Gujarat State)Educated at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad andNorth Gujarat University, Mahesana andSaurashtra University, Rajkot

Profession Professor, Political and Social WorkerPermanent Address 27/2, Shiv Society, Near B.K. Cinema,

Mahesana - 384002 (Gujarat)Tel.: 02762-255448(R), 253936 (O)Mobile: 09426176725E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 122 & 124, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23014227Mobile: 9868181821E-mail : [email protected]

Positions HeldDec. 1994 - 2004 Member, Mahesana MunicipalityJan. 1995 - 2004 Leader of Opposition, Mahesana Municipality

(Congress Party)April 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Chemicals and FertilizersApril 2002 - 2003 Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare2002 - 2006 Member, Salt BoardMay 2002 - April 2008 Member, Central Supervisory Board constituted

under Section 7(1) of the Pre-conception andPre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition ofSex Selection) Act, 1994

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2003 - 2004 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,Environment and Forests

Aug. 2004 - Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentAug. 2004 - April 2008 Member, Committee on PetitionsOct. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for theAug. 2009 onwards Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasOct. 2004 - 2005 and Member, Zonal Railway User’s ConsultativeDec. 2011 - Jan. 2013 Committee (ZRUCC), Western RailwayDec. 2004 onwards Member, Committee on Official LanguageAug. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

Culture2007 - 2008 Member, India-Peru Parliamentary Friendship

GroupMarch 2007 - April 2008 Member, Sub Forum on Health & Sub Forum on

EmploymentNov. 2007 - April 2008 and Member, Central Advisory Committee on EqualSep. 2010 - 2011 Remuneration Act, 1976, Ministry of Labour &

Employment2008 - 2011 Member, Hindi Salahkar Samiti, Rajya Sabha

SecretariatApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)May 2008 - May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on YouthAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Information TechnologySep. 2009 onwards Convenor, Sub-Committee-III on Official

LanguageMember, Drafting & Evidence Sub-Committee

Nov. 2011 - 2012 Vice-President, India-Poland ParliamentaryFriendship Group

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism andCulture

Social and Cultural Activities, Actively associated with various activitiesLiterary, Artistic and Scientific rendering social services towards upliftment ofAccomplishments and other women, especially economically and sociallySpecial Interests backward women under the organisation of

Shri Laxmi Mahila Sahakari Bank Limited,Mahesana and remained its Chief Promoter andChairperson; has been running VocationalEducation Centre for Women, preparing them tobe self-earning individuals; has been making allround efforts for spreading literacy amongst thedowntrodden children under the banner of LionessClub and Jaycees Club, Mahesana; also involvedin various social activities such as blood donationcamps, literacy drives especially in rural areas inand around District Mahesana

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Participated in school football team; associatedPastimes and Recreation with several clubs; upgradation of sports specially

among youth and conducting state level football

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tournaments in the name of lateShri Balram Kshatriya (Junior Trophy) annually;watching cricket matches

Countries Visited Germany, Hungary, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan,Russia, Singapore, South Africa and U.S.A.

Other Information Professor, Shri V.R. Patel College of Commerce,Mahesana; Chairperson, National Committee ofIndian Farm Journalists Association since 2009;Promoter, Mahesana, Patan and GandhinagarDistrict Urban Cooperative Banks Federation;General Secretary, (i) Kanya Vidyalaya,Mahesana, 1973-74, (ii) North Gujarat StudentsUnion, 1973-75, (iii) Vivekanand Law College,Mahesana, 1981-82, (iv) Youth HostelAssociation of India, Ahmedabad Unit, 1983-89and (v) School of Law, University of Gujarat,Ahmedabad, 1985-86; Ladies representative,(i) Municipal Arts and Commerce College,Mahesana, 1976-77 and 1978-79 and(ii) Maneklal Nanavati Law Board College,Ahmedabad, 1983-84; Member, (i) Board ofStudent Welfare of Gujarat University, 1981-82,(ii) Advisory Committee of Mahesana DistrictNehru Yuvak Kendra, (iii) National Co-operativeCommittee of NCUI for Empowerment of Women,2007-2010 and (iv) Executive Committee of theCongress Parliamentary Party, April 2005-2007;Convenor, Indian National Trade Union Congress(INTUC), Women Wing since 2012; awarded,(i) ‘President Guide Award’ by the President ofIndia, 1974, (ii) ‘Dr. Ambedkar Fellowship Award-2001’ by Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academy,2001 and (iii) Indira Gandhi IFJA Award by theIndian Farm Journalists Association in 2008; wasMember/Member, Hindi Salahkar Samiti in manyMinistries/ Departments in the Government ofIndia; was associated with the National StudentsUnion of India (N.S.U.I.), Youth Congress andthe Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee for manyyears and held many positions; actively involvedin Bharat Scouts and Guides, unions of variousorganisations such as State Transport, O.N.G.C.Ltd., Railways, etc.

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KUJUR, SHRI SANTIUSE

[Indian National Congress - Assam]

Father's Name Shri Loren Kujur

Mother's Name Shrimati Christina Kujur


Place of Birth Village Khokhabasti, Distt. Udalguri (Assam)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Mary Aroti Kerketta

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Honours)Educated at Dakua High School, Udalguri, DarrangCollege, Tezpur and Tangla College, Udalguri

Profession Agiculturist, Trade Unionist, Teacher, Political andSocial Worker

Permanent Address (i) Village - Khokhabasti, P.O. - Batakuchi,Distt. Udalguri-784521 (Assam)

(ii) Chitranagar, Ward No. 4, Tangla Town,P.O. Tangla, Distt. Udalguri-784521 (Assam)Tel. : 03711-254395 (O)Mobile : 9435184637, 9854552184E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 63, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011

Positions Held

2008 - 2010 Member, Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC)2010 - 2013 Executive Member, Bodoland Territorial CouncilJune 2013 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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Social and Cultural Activities, Devoted to social work since student days; deeplyLiterary, Artistic and Scientific interested in the welfare activities and upliftmentAccomplishments and other of Adivasis who worked in the tea-garden andSpecial Interests elsewhere in Assam, through the organisation,

namely AASAA (All Adivasi Student Associationof Assam) and made efforts to bring them into themainstream; interested in political discussion andvisiting places of interest; deeply interested inpromoting agriculture and farmer's welfare; keeninterest in trade union

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Interested in football, cricket, volleyball, cyclingPastimes and Recreation during student life, and promotion of different

games and sports activities in rural areas; traveland tourism; nature lover, gardening, listening tofolk music, watching movies, interacting withpeople and various other socio-cultural activities

Other Information Associated with several mass movements,government bodies, institutes, etc.; joined studentpolitics in 1996 and led many mass movementsand worked as a Vice-President of AASAA (AllAdivasi Student Association of Assam) ofundivided Darrang district of Assam from 1996 to2000; President, AASAA, 2000-2005; Adviser,AASAA, 2005-2010; associated with ACMS(Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha) and appointedits Organising Secretary; was teacher, DonBosco School, Tangla, 2000-2005; was Leader,BTC Congress Legislature Party in the year 2010-2013 and worked harder to gear up the partyorganisation from grass root level and formedvarious constituency committees, block andmandal committees; worked for the strengtheningof the Panchayati Raj System in BTAD (BodolandTerritorial District) areas and formed T.C.L.C.C.(Territorial Constituency Level Co-ordinationCommittee) and V.C.D.C. (Village CouncilDevelopment Committee); Member, APCC (AssamPradesh Congress Committee); GeneralSecretary, District Congress Committee, Udalguridisctrict since 2010

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KULASTE, SHRI FAGGAN SINGH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Shobhan Singh Kulaste

Mother’s Name Shrimati Hero Bai


Place of Birth Barbati, Distt. Mandla (Madhya Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Savitri Kulaste


Educational Qualifications M.A., B.Ed., LL.B.Educated at Mandla College, Dr. Hari SinghUniversity, Sagar and Rani Durgawati University,Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)

Profession Agriculturist, Teacher, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address Village Jewara, P.O. Dewari Kala (Bablia),Tehsil and Distt. Mandla-481661 (Madhya Pradesh)Tel.: 07641-31300Fax : 07642-21526

Present Address AB - 13, Mathura Road, New Delhi-110044Mobile : 9868180495E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1990 - 92 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMember, Planning Board, Government of MadhyaPradeshParliamentary Secretary, Department of PublicHealth and Family Welfare, Government ofMadhya Pradesh

1993 Member, Panchayat Board, Distt. Mandla,Madhya Pradesh

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1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok SabhaMember, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled TribesMember, Committee on External Affairs

1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (second term)Member, Committee on External Affairs and itsSub-Committee-IIMember, Select Committee on the Constitution(Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Petroleum and Natural Gas

1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (third term)Oct. - Nov. 1999 Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs22 Nov. 1999 - May 2004 Union Minister of State, Tribal Affairs2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (fourth term)

Member, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled TribesMember, Committee on Coal and SteelMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Road Transport and Highways

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and

EmpowermentMember, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Development

Social and Cultural Activities, Working for the propagation of education inLiterary, Artistic and Scientific society; encouraging tribals to keep alive theirAccomplishments and other cultural activities by forming several committees;Special Interests founder and organiser of educational units;

providing free education to the weaker sectionsof the society; established Babalia DevelopmentBlock for the upliftment of Adivasis; promotionof education

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Represented University and State levels inPastimes and Recreation kabaddi, kho-kho and volleyball

Countries Visited Nepal and London (U.K.)

Other Information State President, Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi VikashParishad, Madhya Pradesh, 1980; Member, Stateworking committee, Madhya Pradesh since 1990;General Secretary (in-charge), B.J.P. ST Cell, 1993;National Secretary (in-charge), B.J.P. ST Cell,1996; Vice-President, Akhil Bharatiya AdivasiVikash Parishad, Delhi, 1996; President, Akhil

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Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad, MadhyaPradesh, 2000; National President, B.J.P.Scheduled Tribe Morcha, 2004 and 2010 (twoterms); General Secretary, B.J.P., MadhyaPradesh, 2006-2010 (two terms); Patron, AkhilBharatiya Gond Sangh since 1998

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KUSHWAHA, SHRI UPENDRA[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Muneshwar Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Muneshwari Devi


Place of Birth Village Jawaz, Distt. Vaishali (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Snehlata


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., M.A. (Political Science)Educated at Patna Science College, Patna andB.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur(Bihar)

Profession Teacher and Educationist, Political and SocialWorker, Agriculturist/Farmer

Permanent Address Vill. & Post Jawaz, Jandaha, Distt. Vaishali (Bihar)Tel.: 0612-2580299Mobile: 09431026399

Present Address C-202, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B. D. Marg,New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 011-23708303Fax: 011-23355403

Positions Held

2000 - 2005 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly2002 - 2004 Deputy Leader, Samata Party, Bihar Legislative

AssemblyMarch 2004 - Feb. 2005 Leader, Samata Party, Bihar Legislative Assembly

Leader of Opposition, Bihar Legislative AssemblyJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 4 Jan., 2013)Aug. 2010 - Jan. 2013 Member, Committee on Agriculture

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Other Information Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SamtaCollege, Jandaha (Vaishali) since 1985, which iscurrently known as Muneshwar SinghMuneshwari Samta College; State GeneralSecretary, (i) Yuva Lok Dal, 1985-88 and (ii) SamataParty, 1994-2002; National General Secretary,Yuva Janata Dal, 1988-93; previously associatedwith the Samata Party; associated with Janata Dal(United) since June 2010

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LACHUNGPA, SHRI HISHEY[Sikkim Democratic Front - Sikkim]

Father’s Name Late Shri Tshering Dorjee Lachungpa

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Phumzay Lachungpa


Place of Birth Phaka, Lachung, Distt. North Sikkim (Sikkim)


Spouse’s Name Dr. (Shrimati) Chongtick Lachungpa


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Sikkim Government College, Gangtok,North Bengal University


Permanent Address Jigching House, Near District AdministrativeCentre, Upper Sichey, Gangtok,East Sikkim - 737101 (Sikkim)Tel.: 03592-284151Mobile: 9474691773, 9013181773E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Present Address AB-15, Pandara Road, New Delhi-110021Tel.: 011-24676160Mobile: 9474691773

Positions Held

1994 - 99, 1999 - 2004 and Member, Sikkim Legislative Assembly (three2004 - 2009 terms)1994 - 99 Minister, Department of Energy and Power,

Government of Sikkim1999 - 2004 Minister, Department of Power and Labour &

Capacity Building, Government of Sikkim

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2004 - 2009 Minister, Department of Health Care, HumanServices & Family Welfare and Social Justice andEmpowerment & Welfare, Government of Sikkim

2009 - Feb. 2012 Political Advisor to the Chief Minister (CabinetMinister rank), Government of Sikkim

Feb. 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on EnergyAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Defence

Books Published Has published religious prayer book in Nepali andEnglish

Social and Cultural Activities, Entered politics as a student union leader in theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific late eighties and early nineties; has worked forAccomplishments and other the development of the Dzumsa System, aSpecial Interests unique form of Panchayati Raj in the country;

Advisor, (i) Yul-Dru-Sum, a welfare organizationactive in community work and (ii) Sichey WelfareAssociation; Member, CommonwealthParliamentary Association

Sports, Clubs, Favourite President, (i) Denzong Boys Football Club andPastimes and Recreation (ii) United Sikkim Sporting Club (USSC),

2003-2010; Patron, (i) Sikkim Football Association,(ii) Sikkim Athletics Association, (iii) SikkimAmateur Swimming Association, (iv) SikkimBadminton Association, (v) Sikkim Table TennisAssociation and (vi) Girish and The Chronicles(a music band); Advisor, United Sikkim FootballClub; reading, games and sports, badminton,watching movies and travelling

Countries Visited Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong andThailand

Other Information Was jailed in 1993 during the movementlaunched by the Sikkim Democratic Front forrestoration of democracy and rule of law in theState; Founder Member, Sikkim Democratic Front(S.D.F.); Presently Vice-President, SikkimDemocratic Front

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LAD, SHRI ANIL H.[Indian National Congress - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Late Shri Heeroji V. Lad

Mother’s Name Shrimati Sakkubai Heeroji Lad


Place of Birth Sandur, Distt. Bellary (Karnataka)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Aarti Anil Lad

Educational Qualifications Educated at Sandur Residential School, Sandur,Distt. Bellary, Karnataka

Profession Social Worker, Industrialist and Politician

Permanent Address (i) “Yoshowardhan”, Ashok Colony, Kurumatti, Sandur, Distt. Bellary (Karnataka) Tel.: 08395-260157 Fax: 08395-260448

(ii) 12, 1st Cross, 1st Main Dollars Colony, N.T.I. Layout, Bangalore-560094

Tel.: 080-22869191, 23517920 Fax: 080-23518568, 22869191

Present Address No. 54, South Avenue, New Delhi - 110011Tel.: 011-23012936E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

June 2004 - Nov. 2007 Member, Karnataka Legislative AssemblyJune 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 20 May

2013)Jan. 2009 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Energy

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Aug. 2009 - May 2013 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,Environment and ForestsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Environment and Forests

Dec. 2012 - May 2013 Member, Coffee Board

Social and Cultural Activities, Conducted ‘Free Health Camps’ and massLiterary, Artistic and Scientific marriages; distributed free bus passes to studentsAccomplishments and other and computers to schools and colleges; generatedSpecial Interests employment by establishing industries and

horticulture farms; has worked for the cause ofthe students, the youth, the handicapped, the agedand the disabled

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Rifle shooting, golf, horse riding andPastimes and Recreation lawn tennis; Member, (i) Rifle Association of India,

(ii) Bangalore Turf Club and (iii) Bangalore TennisClub

Countries Visited U.S.A., Singapore, Indonesia, Switzerland, France,Italy, China, Hong Kong, U.A.E., Thailand, Macau,Malaysia, Australia, Nepal and South Africa

Other Information President, Vijay Yuva Shakthi Kendra;Vice-President, Bellary-Hospet Iron Ore MineOwners Association (B.H.I.M.O.S.A.); Chairman/Managing Director, V.S.L. Group of Companies;Director, (i) Divyajyothi Steels Limited, SpongeIron plant at Bellary, (ii) V.S.L. Mining CompanyPrivate Limited, 1 Million Ton Integrated SteelPlant, (iii) V.S.L. Aviation Private Limited and(iv) V.S.L. Agrotech Private Limited; has knowledgeof Kannada, English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Teluguand Lambadi languages

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LAKSHMANAN, DR. R.[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri P. Ramamoorthy

Mother’s Name Shrimati R. Jayalakshmi


Place of Birth Villupuram (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse's Name Shrimati L. Mahalakshmi


Educational Qualifications M.B.B.S., D. Ortho.Educated at RMMC & H, Annamalai University,Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu

Profession Doctor, Political & Social Work

Permanent Address No. 37, Panampet Road,Villupuram-605602 (Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 04146-240527E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address No. 107, Old Tamil Nadu House, Chanakyapuri,New DelhiMobile: 9443987284

Positions Held

July 2013 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with several social welfare activitiesLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

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LALHMING LIANA, SHRI[Mizo National Front - Mizoram]

Father’s Name Shri Chhunkhuma

Mother’s Name Shrimati Baikveli


Place of Birth Tualcheng, Distt. Champhai (Mizoram)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vanlalnunpari

Children Three sons

Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Aizawl College, North Eastern HillUniversity, Aizawl

Profession Journalist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address C-68/1, Ramthar Veng, Aizawl-796001 (Mizoram)Tel.: 0389-2340334

Present Address 502, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23766516, 23766517Mobile: 9868181842E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1979 - 83 Secretary, North-East Region Student’s Union(N.E.R.S.U.)

1980 - 81 Vice-President, Mizo Zirlai Pawl (Mizo Students’Association)

1983 - 86 President, Mizo Zirlai Pawl (M.Z.P.)1984 - 86 Executive Secretary, People’s Union for Civil

Liberties (P.U.C.L.), Mizoram Branch1985 - 86 Chairman, Mizoram Students’ Joint Action

Committee (M.S.J.A.C.)

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1986 - 87 Assistant Secretary, Mizo National Front (M.N.F.)First General Secretary, Mizo National Youth Front(M.N.Y.F.)

1987 - 89 and 1993 - 94 Joint Secretary, M.N.F.1995 - 97 Treasurer, M.N.Y.F.1997 - 2003 Secretary, Mizo National Front Party1999 - 2002 Member, Mizoram State Legal Services Authority

Member, District Forum, Aizawl District2001 - 2004 Secretary, Political Affairs Committee, M.N.F.

Secretary, Chhimtuipui Affairs Committee, M.N.F.July 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentMember, Sub-Committee on University and HigherEducation of the Committee on Human ResourceDevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Information and Broadcasting

Aug. 2004 - July 2008 Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareMember, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes

Oct. 2004 - July 2008 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Home Affairs

July 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Department-related Parliamentary

Standing Committee on Health and Family WelfareMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Home Affairs

Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairsand Public DistributionMember, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled TribesMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil Aviation

Nov. 2011 onwards Vice-President, India-Panama ParliamentaryFriendship GroupMember, India-Poland Parliamentary FriendshipGroup

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warmingand Climate Change

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Social and Cultural Activities, Was involved in social activities of theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Young Mizo Association (Y.M.A.), an apexAccomplishments and other body of the Mizo people at the local level;Special Interests was first Executive Secretary of P.U.C.L.,

Mizoram Branch, 1984; was Chairman, KargilMartyrs’ Fund Raising Committee formed by Mizojournalists during the Kargil war; was Member,Kargil Relief Committee formed by the Governmentof Mizoram; was Editor, Senhri, a local weekly,for five years; Editor, Hruaitu Arst the M.N.F.party official journal

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Keenly interested in football, badminton andPastimes and Recreation chess; reading, watching sports events, farming

and cooking

Other Information Was a revolutionary student leader; was arrestedfour times and imprisoned for more than threeyears for his activities as a student leader to bringa peaceful solution to the insurgency problem inMizoram; was enrolled as member of theunderground Mizo National Front (M.N.F.) in 1982when the Government ordered a crackdown onstudent leaders; acted as intermediary betweenthe M.N.F. leadership and the Government ofIndia whenever a deadlock marred thenegotiations; was present when the Mizo PeaceAccord was finally signed on the night of30 June 1986 in New Delhi by Shri Laldenga, thelate MNF leader, Shri R.D. Pradhan, the then UnionHome Secretary on behalf of the UnionGovernment and Shri Lalkhama, the then ChiefSecretary of Mizoram; took active part to revivethe M.N.F. after it was recognized as a lawfulpolitical party in 1986 and held various key postsin the party; was elected as member of RamtharVeng Village Council for two terms; elected as thefirst Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha belongingto the M.N.F. party

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MAHENDRA PRASAD, DR.[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Baliram Sharma

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Muluk Rani Devi


Place of Birth Village Govindpur, Distt. Jehanabad (Bihar)

Educational Qualifications Graduation with Honours in EconomicsEducated at Middle School and High School,Okari and Patna College, Patna University

Profession Environmentalist, Horticulturist, Economist,Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address Village Govindpur, P.O. Modanganj, P.S. Ghoshi,Distt. Jehanabad (Bihar)

Present Address (i) C-1/21, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-110057Tel.: 26142700Fax: 26148227

(ii) 4, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23794441, 23792526Fax: 23012299Mobile: 9868181167E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held

1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha1980 - 94 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Chemicals and Fertilizers1983 - 84 Member and Convenor, Committee on FinanceJan. 1985 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 1986 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)1986 - 87 Member, Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha1991 - 92 Member, Committee on Fertilizers and ChemicalsFeb. 1992 and Oct. 1993 Elected Vice-Chairman, Asian Forum of

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Parliamentarians on Population and Developmentin Japan and Malaysia (re-elected unanimouslyfor three years)

Aug. 1993 Nominated to Rajya Sabha (third term)1993 - 94 Member, Committee on FinanceApril 2000 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term)May 2000 onwards Member, Informal Consultative Committee for

Eastern RailwayMay 2000 - Feb. 2004 Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative

Committee for the Ministry of FinanceMember, Sub-Committee-II of Committee onExternal AffairsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Chemicals and Fertilizers

May 2000 - Feb. 2004 and Member, Committee on External AffairsAug. 2004 - May 2009Nov. 2000 onwards Member, Governing Body of the Indian Council

of Medical ResearchOct. 2004 - May 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of SteelApril 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fifth term)June 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2009 onwards of Chemicals and FertilizersAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on FinanceNov. 2009 onwards Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative

Committee for the Ministry of DefenceAug. 2010 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen,

Rajya Sabha (re-nominated on 1 August 2011,19 April 2012, 17 July 2012 and 9 Nov. 2012)

Aug. 2010 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeDec. 2011 onwards President, India-Russian Federation Parliamentary

Friendship GroupApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (sixth term)

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Was accorded the title of ‘Atlantis Submariner’Pastimes and Recreation on 31 August 2002 by the Atlantis Submarine,

Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies for diving intothe Caribbean sea to the depth of 173 feet; Member,(i) India International Centre, New Delhi and(ii) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Life Member(Playing Rights), (i) D.D.A. Qutab Golf Course,New Delhi, (ii) Patna Golf Club, Patna and(iii) Constitution Club, New Delhi; reading andgardening (won first prizes for maintaining thebest house garden in Delhi continuously forsixteen years from 1982 to 1997)

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Countries Visited One of the most widely travelled Parliamentariansin the world in terms of number of countries visited;holds the Limca Book of Records, consecutivelyfrom 2004 to 2011 for the most travelledParliamentarian in India having visited 205countries (191 UN Member countries and 14 otherterritories)

Other Information Founder, B.B.M. Inter and Degree College atOkari, Jehanabad, Bihar, a rural and most backwardarea of Bihar, to promote higher education amongthe poor, underprivileged and especially girls whocannot go to cities for higher education; CongressParty Observer during Punjab elections toAmritsar Parliamentary Constituency inSeptember 1985; accorded, ‘Certificate of NationalRecord’ by the publishers of Limca Book ofRecords as the most travelled person havingvisited 205 countries (191 UN Member countriesand 14 other territories) including Antarctica andArctic; Leader/Member of many Parliamentarydelegations; went abroad on several Study Toursand Intermediate Study Tours, etc.

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MAHRA, SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH[Indian National Congress - Uttarakhand]

Father’s Name Late Shri Bishan Singh Mahra

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Parvati Mahra


Place of Birth Siltham, Distt. Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vaijayanti Mahra


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Agra University

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer and Political & Social Worker

Permanent Address Siltham, Pithoragarh-262501 (Uttarakhand)Tel.: 011-23738588, 23738589Fax: 05964-226604

Present Address 18, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23738588, 23738589

Positions Held

1970 - 77 Member, Nagar Palika Parishad, Pithoragarh1975 - 88 President, District Youth Congress, Pithoragarh1980 - 85 Member, Parvatiya Vikas Parishad, Lucknow9 Jan. 1989 - 30 Nov. 1989 President, Zila Panchayat Parishad, Pithoragarh1 Dec. 1989 - March 1991 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative AssemblyNov. 1993 - Sept. 1995 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly2002 - 2007 Member, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Minister, Government of Uttarakhand2007 - 2012 Member, Uttarakhand Legislative AssemblyApril 2012 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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May - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development

Social and Cultural Activities, Has been rendering social services since 1970Literary, Artistic and Scientific when elected to Nagar Palika Parishad,Accomplishments and other Pithoragarh; received widespread popularSpecial Interests appreciation for rendering social service and was

elected unopposed as President of DistrictPanchayat Parishad in 1989

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football, cricket and badmintonPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia

Other Information Party positions:Treasurer, District CongressCommittee, Pithoragarh, 1972-88; Member,Pradesh Congress Committee, 1991-2000;Member, All India Congress Committee,1991-2007; General Secretary, UttarakhandPradesh Congress Committee, 2000-2009

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MAITREYAN, DR. V.[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Late Shri K.R. Vasudevan (freedom fighter)

Mother’s Name Shrimati Manga Vasudevan




Educational Qualifications M.B.B.S., M.D. (General Medicine), D.M. (MedicalOncology)Educated at Government Medical College, NagpurUniversity, Madras Medical College, Universityof Madras and Cancer Institute (WIA), Universityof Madras

Profession Consultant Medical Oncologist (Cancer Specialist)

Permanent Address “Malini”, No. 31/1, First Avenue, Besant Nagar,Chennai-600090Tel.: 044-24916104, 24469911Fax: 044-24916104Mobile: 9840048242, 9868181277, 9445048242

Present Address 95, South Avenue, New Delhi1-110011Tel.: 011-23794007E-mail : [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held

Jan. 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaFeb. 2002 - June 2004 Deputy Leader, A.I.A.D.M.K., Rajya SabhaMarch 2002 - June 2004 Member, Standing Committee on Defence

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Human Resource DevelopmentSpecial Permanent Invitee, Consultative Committeefor the Ministry of Home AffairsMember, Hindi Shiksha Samiti

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May 2002 - June 2004 Member, Committee on Official LanguageMarch 2003 - June 2004 Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityAug. 2004 - May 2006 Special Representative to the Government of

Tamil Nadu at New DelhiJuly 2007 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2007 - May 2009 Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsAug. 2007 - Dec. 2012 Member, Committee on EthicsNov. 2007 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeMay 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Business Advisory CommitteeMay 2008 onwards Member, Central Advisory Board of ArchaeologyMay 2008 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)July 2009 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and

Allowances of Members of ParliamentAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Home AffairsSept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationDec. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Select Committee to examine the

Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009Dec. 2010 onwards Member, Board of Governors of the National

Institute of Pharmaceutical Education andResearch (NIPER)Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Health and Family Welfare

April 2011 onwards Member, Sub-Committee of Home Affairs forEnemy Property (Amendment & Validation)Second Bill, 2010

May 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsJune - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the

Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011July 2013 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaBooks Published Contributed several articles in Indian and foreign

medical journals on different types of cancer;wrote a chapter on “Epidemiology and Etiologyin Cancer” in G.B. Sainani (ed.) A.P.I. Text Book ofMedicine, 5th Edition, 1992

Social and Cultural Activities, Leukemias and Lymphomas, Bone MarrowLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Transplantation and HLA TypingAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite General Secretary, Lotus Club, Madras, 1991-95;Pastimes and Recreation Vice-President, Lotus Club, Madras, 1995-96

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Countries Visited U.S.A., China, Singapore, Germany and Austria

Other Information The first qualified Medical Oncologist in thecountry; Assistant Medical Officer, Departmentof Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA),Chennai, July 1982-March 1987; AssistantProfessor of Medical Oncology, Dr. MuthulakshmiCollege of Oncologic Sciences and Physician andMedical Oncologist, Cancer Institute (WIA),Chennai, April 1987-March 1988; Reader inMedical Oncology, Dr. Muthulakshmi College ofOncologic Sciences and Physician and MedicalOncologist, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, April1988-December 1992; Associate Professor ofMedical Oncology, Dr. Muthulakshmi College ofOncologic Sciences and Physician and MedicalOncologist, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai,January 1993-January 1995; Professor of MedicalOncology & Registrar cum Academic Officer,Dr. Muthulakshmi College of Oncologic Sciences,Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, January1995-March 1996; University Examiner, for D.M.in Medical Oncology of Dr. M.G.R. MedicalUniversity, Chennai, 1990-96 and BangaloreUniversity, 1996; elected General Secretary,(i) Indian Society of Oncology in 1992 and againin 1994 and (ii) Indo-US Co-operative Group forLymphoid Neoplasia, 1994-96; Member, Board ofGovernors, IIT, Madras since 1999; Life Member,(i) Indian Society of Oncology, (ii) Indian Societyof Medical & Pediatric Oncology and(iii) Association of Physicians of India; recipientof, (i) National Merit Scholarship, 1972-77 and(ii) Mammadi Soudavar Memorial Fellowship, NewYork for Higher Studies/Specialised Training inOncology, 1988; received one year interim trainingin Bone Marrow Transplantation, HLA Typingand Management of Acute Leukemias in U.S.A.;participated in various conferences andworkshops; was associated with the B.J.P. indifferent capacities; joined the A.I.A.D.M.K.under the leadership of Madam J. Jayalalithaa on19 July 1999; conducted free medical camps (morethan 100) in Tamil Nadu from January 2000 toJanuary 2001, commemorating the 83

rd Birth

Anniversary of Dr. M.G.R.

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MALIHABADI, SHRI AHMAD SAEED[Independent - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Shri A.R. Malihabadi

Mother’s Name Shrimati Saabia Begum


Place of Birth Malihabad, Distt. Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Habiba Khatoon


Educational Qualifications After school completed education at MadrasahIslah and Darul Musanafeen (Shibli Academy),Azamgarh

Profession Journalist/Writer, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address 25, Eden Hospital Road, Kolkata - 700073(West Bengal)Tel.: 033 - 22128585, 22255455, 22126557, 22373785Mobile: 09432015253Fax: 033- 22372810

Present Address 183, South Avenue, New Delhi -110011Tel.: 011-23794786Mobile: 09868181689E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Social Justice andAug. 2009 onwards Empowerment


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July 2009 onwards Member, Samsad (Court) of Visva BharatiAug. 2010 - Dec. 2010 Member, Select Committee to the Prevention of

Torture Bill, 2010Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

Books Published (i) Allah Ke Ghar Mein, 1972, (ii) Aaj Ka Pakistan,1974 and (iii) Baghdad Se Medina - MunawaraTak, 1998

Social and Cultural Activities, Ex-Vice-President, All India Urdu EditorsLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Conference; Member, (i) West Bengal UrduAccomplishments and other Academy, (ii) Maulana Azad Institute of AsianSpecial Interests Studies, (iii) West Bengal State Haj Committee

and (iv) Advisory Committee, Mass Media Centre;recipient of several awards for Journalism andnational integration from the Central and StateGovernments and public institutions

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading books, journals and newspapersPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Iran, with the President of India, 1976; Syria,Germany, U.S.A. and Hungary with the PrimeMinister, Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, 1988; Iran, withthe Prime Minister of India, 1993; Pakistan, toattend the Islamic Summit, 1974 and with the PrimeMinister to attend the SAARC Summit, 2004; Iraqon a medical help mission, 1997; Bangladesh, withformer Prime Minister, Late Shri I.K. Gujral, 1997;and Saudi Arabia

Other Information Studied English, Persian, Arabic, Hindi and Urdulanguages during Madrasa education; workedwith Mahatma Gandhi for several months duringhis stay at Kolkata in 1947 during pre-partitionand post-partition of India for peace andcommunal harmony; closely associated withMaulana Abul Kalam Azad; Chief Editor, “AzadHind” an Urdu daily published from Kolkata, forover 60 years; Ex-Council Member, MaulanaAzad National Urdu University, Hyderabad;Ex-Member, (i) Calcutta University Senate,(ii) Court of Aligarh Muslim University,(iii) National Council for Promotion of UrduLanguage (NCPUL), (iv) Advisory Board, A.I.R.,Kolkata, (v) Advisory Board, Doordarshan,Kolkata, (vi) Metro Railway, (vii) PassengerFacilities Committee, Indian Railways and(viii) West Bengal Telephone Advisory Committee

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MALLYA, DR. VIJAY[Independent - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Late Shri Vittal Mallya

Mother’s Name Shrimati Lalitha Mallya




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Rekha V. Mallya


Educational Qualifications B.Com. (Hons.), Doctor of Philosophy in BusinessAdministration (Honoris Causa) conferred bySouthern California University, Irvine, U.S.A.Educated at La Martinere, Kolkata and St. XaviersCollege, Kolkata


Permanent Address No. 3, Vittal Mallya Road,Bangalore-560 001 (Karnataka)Tel.: 080-22215353, 22286700, 22127777Fax: 080-22271226E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 20, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi-110021Tel.: 011-26116755Fax: 011-26889567E-mail:[email protected]

Positions Held

April 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2002 - Feb. 2004 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryOct. 2004 - April 2008 of DefenceSept. 2002 - Feb. 2003 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsFeb. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Defence

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Aug. 2004 - April 2008 Member, Committee on IndustrySept. 2004 - April 2008 Convenor, Sub-Committee-III of the Committee

on Industry for the Ministry of Heavy Industriesand Public EnterprisesMember, Sub-Committee-IV of the Committee onIndustry for Action Taken Report

Aug. 2007 - April 2008 Member, Sub-Committee-II for Small ScaleIndustries of the Committee on Industry

June 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Industry


Social and Cultural Activities, Founded the Vittal Mallya Scientific ResearchLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Foundation, Bangalore; co-promoted the Mallya-Accomplishments and other Aditi International School, Bangalore; establishedSpecial Interests the Mallya Super Speciality Hospital, Bangalore

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Co-owner and Team Principal, Sahara ForcePastimes and Recreation India, India’s first-ever Formula One Team and

represents India’s first, truly global sports foray;his company, the UB Group is the owner of RoyalChallengers Bangalore, IPL Cricket team,McDowell Mohun Bagan and Kingfisher EastBengal football teams; keen sportsman and anardent aviator and yachtsman of distinction; haswon trophies on the professional car racingcircuits; participates in and also supports varioussporting events worldwide; Chairman, Federationof Motor Sports Club of India since 1989; Member,(i) Managing Committee, Karnataka State CricketAssociation of India, (ii) World Sports Counciland (iii) Formula One Commission

Countries Visited U.S.A., France, Germany, U.K., Italy, Switzerland,Russia, South Africa, Singapore, U.A.E., HongKong, China, Japan and several other countries

Other Information Chairman of public companies both in India aswell as in the U.S.A.; Chairman, (i) The UB Group,one of India’s largest conglomerates with diverseinterests in brewing, distilling, aviation, realestate, engineering, fertilizers, biotechnology andinformation technology, (ii) Aventis Pharma India(previously Hoechst) and (iii) Bayer Crop Sciencein India for over 20 years; nominated GlobalLeader for Tomorrow by the World EconomicForum; recipient of the Officer De La LegionD’Honneur from the Government of France;received several professional awards in India andabroad

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MANDAVIYA, SHRI MANSUKH L.[Bharatiya Janata Party - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Shri Laxman Bhai

Mother’s Name Shrimati Shamuben


Place of Birth Hanol, Distt. Bhavnagar (Gujarat)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Geeta Ben


Educational Qualifications H.S.C., Veterinary Live Stock Inspector (CertificateCourse)Educated at Songadh Gurukul and GujaratAgricultural University, S.K. Nagar, Dantiwada,Gujarat

Profession Business, Agriculturist/Farmer, Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address 44, Sardar Nagar, Vadia Road, Palitana,Distt. Bhavnagar-364270 (Gujarat)Tel.: 02848-252551E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 220, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

2002 - 2007 Member, Gujarat Legislative AssemblyJan. 2011 - March 2012 Chairman, Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation

Ltd. (a Government Undertaking)April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas

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Countries Visited Visited, (i) China, to study the development ofindustries, (ii) Israel, to study the new technologyof agriculture, (iii) Europe (including U.K. andGermany), to study urban development andtechnology, (iv) Dubai (U.A.E.), to attend the foodfestival and to study the free trade system and(v) East African countries (Kenya, Uganda,Tanzania and Rwanda), to study the forest lifeand culture

Other Information Senate Member, Bhavnagar University,2003-2007; Member, State Executive Committee,A.B.V.P.; Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha,Palitana, 1994-96; Taluk President, B.J.P., Palitana,1998-2003; campaigned for teaching girls byundertaking 123 kilometre long “Kanya KelavniJyot Padyatra” which connected 45 educationallybackward villages in Palitana taluk in 2005;organised 127 kilometre long padyatraconnecting 52 villages of Gariyadhar province inPalitana taluk, under the banner of “Beti Bachao,Beti Bhanavo, Vyasan Hatavo” in 2007; DeputyIn-charge, Pradesh Sangathan Parv, 2009; In-charge, Jasdan Vidhan Sabha constituencyelections, 2009; In-charge, Bhavnagar Lok Sabhaconstituency elections, 2009; District In-charge,B.J.P., Rajkot since 2010; Executive Member, StateB.J.P. since 2010; as the Chairman, Gujarat AgroIndustries Corporation Ltd., accorded importanceto the farm mechanization, farmer market and valueaddition; started biogas campaign to cater to theneeds of domestic fuel and fertilizer; encouragedthe farmers by organising mango festival andKharek festival to enable them to get direct accessto market for their produce and to remove themediators; President, (i) Vivekanand Seva Trust,Palitana, (ii) Gau Seva Gau Ganga Trust,Bhavnagar, (iii) Natur Club, Bhavnagar, (iv) VahanVyavahar Sahakari Mandli, Palitana, (v) HanolDudh Sahakari Mandli and (vi) Kharid BechanSangh, Palitana; Co-ordinator, Samast PatidarSamaj, Bhavnagar; Member, Surat Samast PatidarSamaj, Surat

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MANGALA KISAN, SHRI[Biju Janata Dal - Odisha]

Father’s Name Shri Tilashree Kisan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Pandari Kisan


Place of Birth Rai Bahal-Ambogova, Distt. Sundargarh (Odisha)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Filicia Kisan


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Bargaon High School, Bargoan, Distt.Sundargarh, B.J.B. College, Bhubaneswar, UtkalUniversity and Sambalpur University


Permanent Address At Post - Ambogova, Via Kutra,Distt. Sundargarh-770018 (Odisha)Tel. : 0674-2561414

Present Address C-701, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23356266Mobile: 9868181679, 09938085614E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1983 Chairman, Panchayat Samiti, Kutra Block, Distt.Sundargarh

1985 - 2004 Member, Odisha Legislative Assembly(consecutively four times)

1990 - 94 Minister of State, Forest and Environment,Government of Odisha

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1996 - 2000 Opposition Whip (Janata Dal), Odisha LegislativeAssembly

2000 - 2004 Minister for Scheduled Castes and ScheduledTribes, Department of Welfare, Government ofOdishaMinister for Irrigation, Government of Odisha

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs

and Public DistributionMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Developmentof North-Eastern Region

Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Water ResourcesMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Labour and Employment

May 2012 onwards Member, Committee on RulesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and

Empowerment

Social and Cultural Activities, Economic and educational development andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific welfare of the Scheduled Castes, the ScheduledAccomplishments and other Tribes, the poor and the downtroddenSpecial Interests

Other Information Was General Secretary, Orissa Scheduled TribesStudents’ Welfare Association, 1967; WorkingPresident, Janata Dal, Sundargarh District,Odisha, 1985; President, Orissa State ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes Co-operativeDevelopment Ltd., 2007

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MANJUNATHA, SHRI AAYANUR[Bharatiya Janata Party - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Shri Ganeshappa B.S.

Mother’s Name Shrimati Annapurnamma


Place of Birth Aayanur, Distt. Shimoga (Karnataka)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Manjula Manjunath


Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at Sahyadri College and National Collegeof Law, Shimoga

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer, Trade Unionist, Political andSocial Worker

Permanent Address Door No. 77/16, Mission Compound,Shimoga-577201 (Karnataka)Tel.: 08182-291333 (R)Mobile : 9013181145, 9448146946

Present Address 403, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi -110001Tel.: 23765344E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held1994 - 98 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok SabhaJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on LabourAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

Culture

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Other Information Was detained under M.I.S.A. during theEmergency for 16 months, 1976; Zonal Secretary,Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (A.B.V.P.),1977-82; Secretary, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh(B.M.S.), 1983-92

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MASOOD, SHRI RASHEED[Indian National Congress - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Qazi Masood

Mother’s Name Shrimati Jamila Khatoon alias R. Begum


Place of Birth Gangoh, Distt.Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Sualeha Rasheed


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.M.Educated at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh(Uttar Pradesh)


Permanent Address (i) Shayan Manjil, Lucknow Road, Gangoh, Distt. Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) Mobile: 09412233474, 9868180688, 09412780222, 9871110000, 9871832122

(ii) B-55, Sector 50, Noida, Distt. Gautam BudhNagar, Uttar Pradesh

Present Address 100, Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110003Tel. : 24698060, 24699786Mobile: 9868180688E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1975 - 77 General Secretary, Bharatiya Lok DalExecutive Member, Janata Party, Lok Sabha

1977 - 78 Executive Member, Janata Parliamentary Party1977 - 79 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha (first term)1979 - 80 Treasurer, Janata Parliamentary Party (S)1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha (second term)

Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

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1980 - 82 Chief Whip, Lok Dal1982 - 84 Deputy Leader, Lok Dal Parliamentary Party1983 - 84 Member, Estimates Committee1980 General Secretary, Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party1984 - 87 General Secretary, Lok Dal, Uttar PradeshJuly 1986 Elected to Rajya Sabha (first term)1987 General Secretary, Lok Dal (A)1988 - 90 General Secretary, Janata Dal1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha (third term)21 April 1990 - 10 Nov. 1990 Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare

(Independent Charge )1991- 96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha (fourth term)2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (fifth term)Aug. 2004 - May 2009 Member Committee on Government Assurances5 Aug. 2007 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareMay 2011 - Aug. 2012 Convenor, Sub-Committee-II to examine the

functioning of CGHS of the Committee on Healthand Family Welfare

April 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)Sept. 2012 onwards Member, National Board for Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises

Social and Cultural Activities, Editor, Turning Point - a monthly magazine; wroteLiterary, Artistic and Scientific articles in magazines; reading and social service;Accomplishments and other won gold medal in rifle shooting competition,Special Interests Madras (Tamil Nadu), 1980

Countries Visited Widely travelled; represented India at I.P.U.Conferences at Sofia, 1978, Oslo, 1980 and Seoul,1982; attended WHO Conference at Geneva as aMinister of State for Health and Family Welfare

Other Information Convenor, Parliamentary Forum on Universities,Research Scholars & Journalists, 1979-80; GeneralSecretary, All India Kisan Kamgar Sammelan,1980-84; Member, Court of Aligarh MuslimUniversity, 1983-84 and April 1990-May 2009

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MATHUR, SHRI OM PRAKASH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Rajasthan]

Father’s Name Late Shri Chand Raj Mathur

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Sajjan Kanwar


Place of Birth Bali, Distt. Pali (Rajasthan)


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Rajasthan University, Jaipur


Permanent Address (i) G-1, Ganapati Enclave, Ajmer Road,Jaipur-302006 (Rajasthan)Tel.: 0141- 2223900, 2228000

(ii) Mathur Krishi Farm, Village Bedal,Ward No. 7, Bali, Distt. Pali (Rajasthan)Tel.: 02938-236253, 236353

Present Address 66, North Avenue, New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 011-23093643Mobile: 9868181151E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Railways

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Home Affairs

Countries Visited Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Gulf Countries,Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai (U.A.E.),U.K., Ireland and France

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Other Information Associated with the Rashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (R.S.S.) as a Pracharak since 1972; GeneralSecretary (ORG), Bharatiya Janata Party,Rajasthan, 1990-2002; In-charge, B.J.P. units inthe States of Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh andGujarat, 2002-2008; All India General Secretary,B.J.P., 2005-2008; State President, B.J.P.,Rajasthan, January 2008 to July 2009; All IndiaSecretary, B.J.P., 2004-2005; Member, NationalExecutive, B.J.P., 1990-2009

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MAYAWATI, KM.[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Prabhu Das

Mother’s Name Shrimati Ram Rati



Marital Status Unmarried, under a conviction to remain fullydevoted towards “BSP Movement”

Educational Qualifications B.A., B.Ed., LL.B.Educated at Kalindi College, University of DelhiBMLG College, Ghaziabad, Meerut Universityand University of Delhi

Profession Lawyer, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address 13-A, Mall Avenue,Lucknow-226001 (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0522-2239582, 2239583

Present Address 14, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road,New Delhi-110 001Tel.: 011-23356363, 23356162Fax: 011- 23356565E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha (first term)April 1994 Elected to Rajya Sabha3 June - 18 Oct. 1995 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh (first time)21 March - 20 Sept. 1997 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh (second time)1996 - 98 and 2002 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1998 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (second term)1999 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (third term)3 May 2002 - 26 Aug. 2003 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh (third time)2004 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (resigned on

5th July 2004)

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July 2004 Elected to Rajya Sabha2007 and 2010 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council13 May 2007-14 Mar. 2012 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh (fourth time)April 2012 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Books Published (i) Bahujan Samaj Aur Uski Rajniti (in Hindi andEnglish), 2001, (ii) Mere Sangharshmai JeevanEvam BSP Movement ka Safarnama (in Hindi),Part I -VII, 2006 - 2012 and (iii) A Travelogue ofMy Struggle-Ridden Life and BSP Movement(in English), Vol. I-VII, 2008-2012

Social and Cultural Activities, With missionary zeal, all through her life hasLiterary, Artistic and Scientific remained committed, through various social,Accomplishments and other cultural and political activities towards theSpecial Interests humanistic cause of “Social Transformation and

Economic Emancipation” of poor and deprivedsections of the Indian society, first associatingwith BAMCEF, D-S4 and later on with thehumanistic “BSP Movement”

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Chairperson, Bahujan Prerna Trust; reading andPastimes and Recreation writing

Countries Visited Visited Canada, Denmark, France, Japan,Switzerland, Korea and Taiwan as the ChiefMinister of Uttar Pradesh; London (U.K.), toinaugurate the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Community Centre as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)National Vice-President in 2000; addressed theUN General Assembly while participating in aninternational seminar on the topic, “DemocracyThrough Partnership Between Men And Women”,organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)on 7 June, 2000 in New York (U.S.A.)

Other Information As a teacher remained associated with BAMCEF[The All-India Backward {Scheduled Castes (SCs),Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes(OBCs) and Minority Communities EmployeesFederation] since 1977; joined politics throughthe Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) launched on14 April, 1984 on the birth anniversary of BabaSaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar; National President ofthe Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) since18 September, 2003; US News Magazine‘Newsweek’ in its 15 Oct. 2007 issue listed her asChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh among eight

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women leaders worldwide who have reached thetop despite all odds; ranked among ‘Fifty facesthat shaped the decade’, by Financial Times,London; has received wide media publicity andacclaim for building political career as championof the ‘Bahujan Samaj’ i.e. poor strata people andhas ambitions to enlarge her mission ofupliftment of a community, downtrodden forcenturies, beyond Castes and boundary of UttarPradesh; Chairperson, BSP Parliamentary Party

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MIRI, PROF. MRINAL[Nominated]

Father’s Name Late Shri Mohichandra Miri

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Indira Miri


Place of Birth Shillong, Distt. East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya(earstwhile Assam)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Sujata Miri


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Philosophy), B.A. (Tripos) (Philosophy),M.A. (Philosophy), Ph.D. (Philosophy)Educated at University of Calcutta, Kolkata,University of Delhi, Delhi and CambridgeUniversity, U.K.

Profession Teacher and Educationist

Permanent Address A-39, New Delhi South Extension, Part-I,New Delhi-110049Tel.: 011-24623890

Present Address A-39, New Delhi South Extension, Part-I,New Delhi-110049Tel.: 011-24623890E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1993 - 99 Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study(I.I.A.S.), Shimla

1994 - 97 Chairman, Indian Council of PhilosophicalResearch (I.C.P.R.), Delhi

2000 - 2005 Vice-Chancellor, North-Eastern Hill University(N.E.H.U.), Shillong

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2007 - 2012 Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University, ArunachalPradesh

June 2012 Nominated to Rajya SabhaJuly 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and

Empowerment

Books Published (i) Identity and Moral Life, O.U.P., Delhi, 2002,(ii) Dharma: The Categorical Imperative (editedjointly with others), DK Printworld, Delhi, 2005,(iii) Linguistic Situation in North East India,Concept Publishing, 2005, (iv) Continuity andChange in Tribal Society, I.I.A.S., Shimla, 1993,(v) Five Essays on Kant (edited), N.E.H.U.,Shillong, 1987, (vi) Philosophy of Psychoanalysis,I.I.A.S., Shimla, 1977 and (vii) The Partings(translated from the Assamese novel Xeuji PatorKahini by Rasha Barua), Sahitya Akademi, Delhi,2004

Social and Cultural Activities, Has received international acclaim for his booksLiterary, Artistic and Scientific and other writings; awarded Padma Bhushan byAccomplishments and other the President of India for his contribution in theSpecial Interests field of education and literature

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Interested in football and cricketPastime and Recreation

Countries Visited France, as member of the Ministry of ExternalAffairs’ delegation to attend the Indo-FrenchConference in 2001; Ireland, to deliver a lecture atthe Department of Philosophy, University CollegeCork in 2003; France, to attend a seminar organisedjointly by the I.C.S.S.R. and Maison des Sciencesde I’Homme in 2003; China, as a member of theIndian delegation in 2007 and U.K. for researchpurpose from 19 July to 11 August 2012

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MISRA, SHRI SATISH CHANDRA[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra(Retd. Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court andLok Ayukta, Bihar)

Mother’s Name Late Dr. Shakuntala Misra




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Kalpna Misra

Children One son and four daughters

Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at Allahabad University and P.P.N. College,Kanpur University


Permanent Address 17/6, Windsor Place, Lucknow-226001(Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0522-2239111Telefax: 0522-2239222

Present Address C-1/11, Humayun Road, New DelhiTel.: 24621250Fax : 011-24622010E-mail:[email protected]

Positions Held

Jan. 1998 - Feb.1999 Chairman, Bar Council of Uttar PradeshMay 2002 - Sept. 2003 Advocate General, Uttar Pradesh (Cabinet

Minister rank)Jan. 2004 onwards All India General Secretary, Bahujan Samaj Party

(B.S.P.)July 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Home AffairsMay 2012 onwards

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Aug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Naturaland Aug. 2009 - 2010 GasAug. 2004 onwards Member, Business Advisory CommitteeSept. 2004 onwards Member, Committee on Member of Parliament


of External AffairsJan. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on WakfJune 2006 - May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on YouthApril 2007 - May 2009 Member, Sub-Committee on Civil Defence &

Rehabilitation of J&K Migrants of the Committeeon Home Affairs

17 May - 11 Nov. 2007 Cabinet Minister attached to Hon’ble ChiefMinister, Uttar Pradesh

17 Nov. 2007 - 6 March, 2012 Chairman, State Advisory Council, U.P.Nov. 2007 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeFeb. 2008 onwards Member, Committee on EthicsDec. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Select Committee on the Commercial

Division of the High Courts Bill, 2009July 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee for Implementation of the

Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme for theWelfare of Minorities

Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on FinanceAug. 2010 - Dec. 2010 Member, Select Committee to the Prevention of

Torture Bill, 2010Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Content Advisory Committee of Rajya

Sabha Television ChannelMember, Council of National Literacy MissionAuthority (NLMA), Department of SchoolEducation & Literacy, Ministry of HumanResource Development

March 2011 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to examinematters relating to allocation and pricing oftelecom licences and spectrum

May 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Public AccountsJuly 2011 onwards Member, Sub-Committee-I of the Public Accounts

CommitteeMember, India-Canada Parliamentary FriendshipGroupMember, India-China Parliamentary FriendshipGroup

June- Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha onthe Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on FinanceMay 2013 onwards Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances

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Social and Cultural Activities, Has been taking active interest in the upliftmentLiterary, Artistic and Scientific and education of handicapped persons especiallyAccomplishments and other the blind in the State of Uttar Pradesh; organisedSpecial Interests several seminars and conferences on public

interest litigation and various legal problems ofhelpless widows and agricultural labourers;Chairman, Legal Aid Centre, Lucknow;co-ordinated the establishment of Dr. ShakuntalaMisra Rehabilitation (for Handicaps) University,Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow; reading books andjournals

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket, badminton and table tennis; watchingPastimes and Recreation plays; organising cricket matches of blinds

Countries Visited U.K., U.S.A., France and most of the countries ofEurope

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MITRA, DR. CHANDAN[Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Monindra Nath Mitra

Mother’s Name Shrimati Dipali Mitra


Place of Birth Howrah (West Bengal)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Shobori Ganguli

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.) in Economics, M.A. (History), D.Phil.in Modern HistoryEducated at La Martiniere School for Boys,Kolkata, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, DelhiUniversity and Oxford University, U.K.

Profession Journalist/Writer

Permanent Address H-33A, Lane W-10-C, Sainik Farms,New Delhi - 110062Tel.: 23718294, 29554592 (R)

Present Address 4, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi -110001Tel.: 23354766, 23354767E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Aug. 2003 Nominated to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Rural Development

Member, General Purposes CommitteeOct. 2004 - Feb. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of TourismFeb. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Tourism and the Ministry of Culture

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Sept. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Committee on RulesJune 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on RulesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development

Books Published (i) Constant Glory - A History of La Martiniere,Calcutta, 1988 and (ii) Corrupt Society, 1998

Social and Cultural Activities, Historian and journalist with deep interest inLiterary, Artistic and Scintific social issues and popular culture; Editor-in-Accomplishments and other Chief, (i) Darpan, an Alliance Air / IndianSpecial Interests Airlines in-flight magazine, 2002-2007,

(ii) Namaskaar (in-flight magazine of Air India),2008 and (iii) Rail Bandhu; Editor, Exotica, alifestyle monthly magazine of The Pioneer Group

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Loves long self-driven journeys, walking, listeningPastimes and Recreation to Hindi film music and watching films; lover of

wildlife and pets


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MOHAPATRA, SHRI PYARIMOHAN[Independent - Odisha]

Father’s Name Late Shri Kalicharan Mohapatra

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Soudamini Mohapatra


Place of Birth Talcher, Distt. Angul (Odisha)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Prativa Mohapatra


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.) in Economics, M.A. in PoliticalScience, Diploma in Development AdministrationEducated at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack,Allahabad University, Allahabad and LondonSchool of Economics, London

Profession IAS (1963) (Retd.), Political and Social Activist

Permanent Address Plot No. A/111, Sahidnagar,Bhubaneswar-751007 (Odisha)Tel.: 0674- 2545132Telefax: 0674-2543557Mobile: 9437084404E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address C-II/55, Satya Marg, Chanakyapuri,New Delhi - 110 021Telefax: 011-24122488Mobile: 9868181155E-mail:[email protected]

Positions Held

July 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on IndustryAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010

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Aug. 2004 - April 2008 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsSept. 2004 - May 2008 Member, Committee on Member of Parliament


of Social Justice and EmpowermentNov. 2004 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on RulesJuly 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaOct. 2009 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Consultative Commttee for the Ministryof Information and Broadcasting

Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism andCulture

Sept. 2010 - Dec. 2012 Member, Committee on EthicsSept. 2010 - May 2013 Chairman, Committee on Government AssurancesMay 2011- May 2012 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsDec. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

ManagementAug. 2012 - March 2013 Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersMarch 2013 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Development

Books Published Edited (i) Tribal Development and ForestManagement, 1995, (ii) Development - InducedDisplacement and Rehabilitation, 1998 and(iii) Sustainable Development in Bonda Hills, 2009

Social and Cultural Activities, Has been involved with voluntary sector for theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific last 37 years; founded orphanage, schools forAccomplishments and other blind, deaf and dumb, tribal health centres;Special Interests built and managing temples, public library,

museum; established and managing tribalresearch centre; implementing integrated villagedevelopment programmes on Gandhian model infour districts; giving guidance to a large numberof NGOs since more than two decades; runningan Odia daily newspaper with ethical values

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) Civil Services Officers’ Institute,Pastimes and Recreation New Delhi and (ii) Bhubaneswar Club; reading

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., France, Belgium, Germany,Switzerland, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore,Sweden, Panama and Greece

Other Information Was active in student politics in the 50’s; LeftistGandhian by temperament and conviction;champions causes of women, children and tribals;as a member of the Indian Administrative Service(IAS) 1963 Batch, Odisha Cadre, served for

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35 years in different positions till retirement inJanuary, 1998; as an IAS Officer, handled sub-division districts; worked in finance, industries,education, revenue, excise and steel and minesdepartments in Odisha; worked as, (i) ChiefElectoral Officer, Odisha for 7 years, (ii) PrincipalSecretary to the Chief Minister, Odisha for 4 yearsand (iii) Development Commissioner andDirector-General of Training; worked inDandakaranya Development Authority,Government of India for 6 years; Post Retirement- Director, (i) National Aluminium Company and(ii) Steel Authority of India; Founder Patron andLife Member Manoj Manjari Sishu Bhawan,Keonjhar since 1973; Founder Chairman, Boardof Governors, Council of Analytical Tribal Studies,Koraput since 1993; Chairman, (i) Tagore Societyfor Rural Development, Orissa Projects,Bhubaneswar since 1997 and (ii) LJ PublicationsPvt. Ltd. engaged in publishing an Odia Dailysince June 2008; President, Shri JagannathMandir, Koraput, Odisha since 1977; Member,State Executive, Biju Janata Dal, Odisha since2000; was Advisor, ODMM, a network of 53 NGOsengaged in relief and rehabilitation work duringthe super-cyclone of October 1999

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MOHAPATRA, SHRI RABINARAYAN[Biju Janata Dal - Odisha]

Father’s Name Shri Satya Narayan Mohapatra

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kanaka Manjari Mohapatra


Place of Birth Ranpurgarh, Distt. Nayagarh (Odisha)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Indira Devi


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at B.C. High School, Ranpur andAutonomous Nayagarh College, Nayagarh,Odisha

Profession Political and Social Worker, Agriculturist

Permanent Address At- Ranpurgarh (Samuka Sahi), P.O. - Raj Ranpur,Distt. Nayagarh - 752026 (Odisha)Tel.: 06755-236804E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address Room No. 108, Odisha Bhawan,New Delhi-110021Mobile : 9013181957, 943751957E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1984 - 89 Sarpanch, Ranpurgarh Gram Panchayat, Odisha2002 - 2007 Vice-President, Zilla Parishad, Nayagarh, OdishaApril 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsMember, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

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Social and Cultural Activities, Was selected as troupe leader of Scouts andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Junior Red Cross during student days; wasAccomplishments and other involved in stage drama in Nayagarh College,Special Interests Nayagarh, 1979

Sports, Clubs, Favourite As President of clubs, organised different sportsPastimes and Recreation programmes and several stage dramas in the

locality; reading, watching news and spiritualdebates on the television; spending time withpolitical workers and children

Other Information President, (i) Central Co-operative Bank,Nayagarh, 2011-2012 and (ii) G.B. GadabanikiloCollege, Gadabanikilo, 2006-2009; Secretary,Ranpur Sanskrit College, Ranpur, 1992-2011;Member, (i) Circle T.A.C. Committee, Odisha, 2001,(ii) T.A.C., Bhubaneswar, 2004-2008, (iii) G.B.Ranpur College, Ranpur, 1992-94 and(iv) Advisory Committee, Debottar, Ranpur,1985-2000; has been a grassroot level worker ofpolitical parties since 1980; was ConstituencyPresident and District President B.J.D., Nayagarhsince 2004

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MUKHERJI, DR. BARUN[All India Forward Bloc - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Late Shri Amulyadhan Mukherji

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Sibarani Mukherji




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Mira Mukherji

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.Sc., B.A., M.A., B. Lib. Sc., Ph.D. and P.G.D.B.M.Educated at Bansberia H. E. School, Bansberia,Distt. Hooghly (West Bengal), Hooghly MohsinCollege, Chinsurah, Calcutta University andInstitute of Modern Management, Calcutta

Profession Teacher and Educationist, Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address Flat - C/7/3, 39-A, Gobinda Auddy Road,Kolkata-700027 (West Bengal)Tel.: 033-24795632, 24490306, 22373956(O)Mobile: 9433018811

Present Address 158, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23093363Mobile: 9868181204E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2006 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 6 May2008)

June 2006 - May 2008 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,Environment and Forests

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Sept. 2007 onwards Member, India-Kuwait Parliamentary FriendshipGroup

Sept. 2007 - May 2008 Member, Library CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Tourism and Ministry of Culture

Nov. 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaDec. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsSept. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table


May 2010 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on WaterConservation and Management

Oct. 2010 onwards Member, Library CommitteeAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on RailwaysJan. 2013 onwards Member, Court of Manipur University

Books Published (i) Bangla Mudrita Granther Itihas (inBengali) (History of Bengali Printed Books),Published by Calcutta University, 1985,(ii) Holwell Monument Apsaron Andolan OSubhas Chandra Basu, 1997 (Removal of HolwellMonument and Subhas Chandra Bose),(iii) Subhas Chandra Bosur CongressSabhapatitva Tyag, 1997 (Subhas Chandra Boseresigns from Congress Presidentship - itsbackground & implications), (iv) NetajiSubhas:Sangrami Mahajibon O BiplabiMatadarsho, 2001 (Netaji Subhas: Life, Struggle& Revolutionary Ideology), revised 2nd edition,2009, (v) National Reconstruction Programmes ofNetaji, 2002, (vi) Biplabacharya AdhyapakJyotish Chandra Ghosh Rachanavali (Writingsof revolutionary leader Prof. Jyotish ChandraGhosh) (ed.) and (vii) Netaji Subhas ChandraBose : Concept of Socialism and role in workingclass movement, 2009; Associate Editor, TowardsSocialism (an English monthly journal)

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated for several years with publicLiterary, Artistic and Scientific library movement and cooperative movements inAccomplishments and other the State and outside; edited several literarySpecial Interests magazines and souvenirs; contributed to

various leading periodicals by writing articles (inBengali and English) on literature, social and

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political issues, library and information scienceand cooperation; delivered Memorial Lecturesat BLA, 2002 and IASLIC, 2009

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading books and magazines; keenly interestedPastimes and Recreation in cricket and football

Countries Visited North Korea, to attend the Republic Day functionas State guest; Beijing, Tiangin, etc. (China), toattend the tri-nation seminar (China-India-Russia)on ‘Peace-Solidarity-Disarmament’ held at Beijing,10-13 July 2009; Beijing, Shanghai, Chendu, etc.(China) to attend a seminar on ‘Rural Development& Poverty Alleviation’, March 8-19, 2010; London(U.K.) to deliver a lecture on “Netaji Subhas andYouth Today” at the Nehru Centre (Cultural Centreof Indian High Commission, London, U.K.),30 July 2009 on invitation from Netaji SubhasFoundation, U.K.; South Korea, Thailand, Nepal,Cuba, Germany, Mexico and U.K.

Other Information Retired as Librarian and ex-Teacher in Libraryand Information Science, Rabindra BharatiUniversity, Kolkata; Director, Chitta BasuResearch Foundation, Kolkata; National Vice-President, Netaji Subhas Foundation; FormerVice-Chairman, (i) West Bengal State CooperativeUnion and (ii) West Bengal State CooperativeHousing Federation; President, Bengal LibraryAssociation, Kolkata; Vice-President, All IndiaPeace & Solidarity Organisation (A.I.P.S.O.);Former Research Fellow, Raja Rammohan RoyLibrary Foundation (Government of India);National Secretary, All India Forward Bloc;Chairman, All India Forward Bloc, BengalCommittee; Member, State Library Council, WestBengal; Former Member-Judge, Calcutta DistrictConsumers’ Grievances Redressal Forum (underthe Act), Former Member, Cooperative ServiceCommission, Government of West Bengal;imprisoned thrice for participating in democraticmovements

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MUKUT MITHI, SHRI[Indian National Congress - Arunachal Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Kumso Mithi

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Anachi Mega


Place of Birth Roing, Distt. Lower Dibang Valley (ArunachalPradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Pomaya Mithi

Children Three sons

Educational Qualifications B.Sc.Educated at J.N. College, Pasighat


Permanent Address Anakum, Ezengo, PO/PS Roing,Distt. Lower Dibang Valley-792110(Arunachal Pradesh)Tel.: 03803-223977Fax: 03803-223066 (R), 0360-2291246 (O)Mobile: 09436639300, 09436040404E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address AB-8, Pandara Road, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 011-23782059Fax: 011-23782058Mobile: 9818378559, 9958006696E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1983 - 2006 Member, Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly1985 - 98 Cabinet Minister, Government of Arunachal

Pradesh1999 - 2003 Chief Minister, Arunachal PradeshAug. 2003 - June 2006 Leader of Opposition, Arunachal Pradesh

Legislative Assembly

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July 2006 - March 2008 Lieutenant Governor, PuducherryMay 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on DefenceJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of FinanceMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

Social and Cultural Activities, Took active part in relief work duringLiterary, Artistic and Scientific devastating floods in West Bengal in 1972 whileAccomplishments and other studying in Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya,Special Interests Narendrapur, West Bengal

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football, volleyball, tennis, badminton, tablePastimes and Recreation tennis, reading and singing

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., China, Russia, Australia, NewZealand, the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname,Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal,Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Singapore,Combodia, Austria, Bhutan, U.A.E., Canada,South Korea, Mongolia and Myanmar

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MUNGEKAR, DR. BHALCHANDRA[Nominated - Indian National Congress]

Father’s Name Shri Laxman Gopal Mungekar

Mother’s Name Shrimati Shewanti Laxman Mungekar


Place of Birth Deogad, District Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Leena Bhalchandra Mungekar


Educational Qualifications B.A.(Hons.) in Economics, M.A.(Economics),Ph.D.Educated at University of Mumbai

Profession Economist, Teacher, Educationist, Social Worker

Permanent Address 901, Carnation, Dosti Complex, Wadala (East),Mumbai-400 037 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 022-24170044, 022-24170034

Present Address 201, Brahmaputra, Dr. B. D. Marg, New Delhi -110001Tel.: 23708288Mobile: 9013181946E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1999 Member, Commission for Agricultural Costs andPrices, Government of India

July 2004 - June 2009 Member, Planning CommissionMarch 2010 Nominated to Rajya SabhaMay 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Urban DevelopomentMay 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Tribal Affairs and Panchayati RajJuly 2010 onwards Member, National Council for Teacher Education

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Aug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf(Amendment) Bill, 2010

May 2011 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes

Aug. 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Personnel, PublicGrievances, Law and Justice

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

Oct. 2012 onwards Member, Library Committee

Books Published Books (in English): (i) The Political Economy ofTerms of Trade, 1992, (ii) Buddhism and theContemporary World : An AmbedkarianPerspective, 2006, and (iii) Dr. Ambedkar’sApproach to Buddhism, 2010; in Marathi:(i) Indhan (Fuel), a collection of fifty newspapercolumn articles, 1998 and (ii) Me Asa Ghadalo(The Story of My Life), 2008; Edited: (i) IndianEconomy in the New Millennium (with Nachaneand Rao), 2001, (ii) The Economy of Maharashtra:Changing Structure and Emerging Issues, 2003,and (iii) Buddhism and the 21st Century, 2009;Monographs: (i) A Blueprint of Maharashtra’sAgricultural Development (with Mahendra Dev),1996, (ii) Dr. Ambedkar’s Quest For DemocraticSocialism, 1999, (iii) The Political Economy ofIndia’s Economic Development sinceIndependence (in Marathi), 2000, (iv) The PoliticalEconomy of Globalisation (in Marathi), 2001, and(v) India’s Economic Reforms and the Dalits : AnAmbedkarian Perspective, 2003

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder of several social, educational andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific cultural organisations; organised severalAccomplishments and other seminars, national and international conferencesSpecial Interests on the issues of national importance; deeply

interested and involved in activities relating tothe upliftment of weaker sections; has published25 well-researched articles on various issues; aleading authority on Dr. Ambedkar’s philosophy,ideology and movement for Social Emancipation;honoured with several prestigious awards forrendering services in the fields of education,culture, literature and social work including(i) D. Litt. (Honoris Causa) by theVishweshwaraya National Institute ofTechnology, Nagpur, (ii) The first Bharat Ratna

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Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Award, (iii) OutstandingEducationist Award, (iv) Rajiv Gandhi Award forBest Educationist, (v) Satyashodhak DinkarraoJavalkar Award, (vi) Bhai Madhavrao Bagal Award,(vii) Rajarshi Shahu Award, (viii) Pride ofMaharashtra Award and (ix) Pride of SindhudurgaDistrict Award

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading, writing, social work, music, films andPastimes and Recreation dramas

Countries Visited Canada, China, France, Germany and U.K.

Other Information President, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Social andEconomic Change, 1995-2008; Founder President,(i) Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Social and EconomicChange and (ii) Yashodhara Cooperative CreditSociety Ltd.; Founder Vice-Chairman, ParivartanCooperative Bank Ltd.; Vice-Chancellor,University of Mumbai, May 2000-July 2004;President and Chairman, Indian Institute ofAdvanced Study, Shimla since September 2005;served in the Reserve Bank of India, 1965-74; wasawarded three year UGC fellowship for doingPh.D. in Economics, but chose to becomeLecturer, Department of Economics, Universityof Mumbai in 1984; Associate Professor,Agricultural Economics, 1989; Professor,Industrial Economics, 1998; as a Member of thePlanning Commission, Government of India,suggested several new policies and programmesin the areas of Education, Social Justice andEmpowerment, Tribal Affairs, Labour andEmployment, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sportswhich subsequently became a part of the 11thFive-year Plan; participated in several nationaland international seminars and conferences, andcontributed papers; has delivered more than 150public lectures in different parts of the countryon different topics

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NADDA, SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Himachal Pradesh]

Father’s Name Dr. Narain Lall Nadda

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Krishna Nadda


Place of Birth Patna (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Dr. Mallika Nadda

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at St. Xaviers School, Patna, PatnaCollege, Patna University and HimachalUniversity, Shimla

Profession Political Worker

Permanent Address Nadda Niwas, Village Vijaypur, P.O. Auhar,Distt. Bilaspur-174024 (Himachal Pradesh)Mobile : 8800633377

Present Address 801, Brahmputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1993 - 98, 1998 - 2003 and Member, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly2007 - 2012 (three terms)1994 - 98 Leader, Bharatiya Janata Party Group, Himachal

Pradesh Legislative Assembly1998 - 2003 Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare and

Parliamentary Affairs, Government of HimachalPradesh

2008 - 2010 Cabinet Minister, Forest, Environment, Scienceand Technology, Government of HimachalPradesh

April 2012 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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May 2012 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism andCulture

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Court of the University of DelhiMember, Committee on Health and Family Welfare

Social and Cultural Activities, Won various debating competitions in Hindi andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific EnglishAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Was President, Olympic Association, HimachalPastimes and Recreation Pradesh, 2008-2012; President, (i) Himachal

Handball Association and (ii) Himachal ArcheryAssociation; Member Trustee, Special OlympicsBharat; represented, Bihar State in All India JuniorSwimming Championship held at Delhi

Countries Visited Visited, (i) U.S.A., as member of Indian delegationto study the American Presidential Elections,1992-93, (ii) Doha (Qatar), to attend a seminar on‘Enriching the Middle East’s Economic Future’,March 2008 and (iii) Australia, to study the healthcare system; Canada, Costa Rica, Greece, U.K.and Turkey

Other Information Was inspired by the J.P. Movement to join theChhatra Sangharsh Samiti; Secretary, AkhilBharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (A.B.V.P.), PatnaUniversity, 1977-79; Joint Secretary, A.B.V.P.,Himachal Pradesh State Unit, 1980-82; Secretary,A.B.V.P., Himachal Pradesh State, 1980-83;President, Himachal Pradesh University Students’Union, 1983-84; Zonal Secretary, A.B.V.P.,Himachal Pradesh Zone, 1985-86; NationalSecretary and Organising Secretary, A.B.V.P.,Delhi Unit, 1986-89; detained for 45 days forleading a campaign for up-grading schools;organised, Rashtriya Sangharsh Morcha againstcorruption, 1987; Election In-charge, Youth Wing,B.J.P. during the Lok Sabha Elections, 1989 andMay 1990; General Secretary, B.J.P., HimachalPradesh, 1990-91; President, All India BharatiyaJanata Yuva Morcha, 1991-94; National GeneralSecretary, B.J.P. since May 2010

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NAIDU, SHRI M. VENKAIAH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Late Shri Rangaiah Naidu

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Ramanamma


Place of Birth Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati M. Usha


Educational Qualifications B.A., B.L.Educated at V.R. High School, Nellore, V.R.College, Nellore and Law College, AndhraUniversity, Visakhapatnam

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address (i) G-11, Fascinate House, 12th Cross, 8th Main,Malleswaram, Bengaluru -560003 (Karnataka)Tel.: 080-23449957

(ii) 10, Vellayan Road, Kotturpuram,Chennai-600 085 (Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 044-24471447

Present Address 30, Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi - 110 011Tel. : 23019387, 23019388, 23015848 23382234, 23382235 (O)Mobile : 9868181988E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1973 - 74 President, Students' Union, Andhra University

Colleges1974 Convener, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan

Kshatra Sangharsha Samiti of Andhra Pradesh1977 - 80 President, Youth Wing of Janata Party, Andhra

Pradesh

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1978 - 83 Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh1980 - 83 Vice-President, Youth Wing of All India B.J.P.1980 - 85 Leader, B.J.P. Legislature Party in Andhra Pradesh1983 - 85 Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh1985 - 88 General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State B.J.P.1988 - 93 President, Andhra Pradesh State Unit of B.J.P.1993 - Sept. 2000 General Secretary, All India B.J.P.April 1998 Elected to Rajya Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Agriculture

Dec. 1999 - 2001 Member, Committee on FinanceJan. 2000 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Rural Development30 Sept. 2000 - 30 June 2002 Minister of Rural DevelopmentJuly 2002 - Dec. 2003 National President, B.J.P.Jan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on External AffairsJan. 2004 - Oct. 2004 National President, B.J.P. (second term)July 2004 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on FinanceOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs,Food and Public Distribution

April 2005 - Jan. 2006 Vice-President, B.J.P.Jan. 2006 onwards Member, Parliamentary Board of B.J.P. and Central

Election CommitteeSept. 2006 - Sept. 2009 Chairman, Committee on PetitionsOct. 2006 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeDec. 2008 onwards Member, Tobacco BoardAug. 2009 onwards Chairman, Committee on Home AffairsJuly 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2011 onwards Chairman, Sub-Committee to examine various

provisions of the Enemy Property (Amendment& Validation) Second Bill, 2010 of the Committeeon Home Affairs

Dec. 2011 onwards Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on DisasterManagement

Books Published Articles in newspapers on the subjects of politicaland public interests

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Social and Cultural Activities, Agriculture and social work; motivatingLiterary, Artistic and Scientific voluntary organizations and involving andAccomplishments and other guiding constructive works in the fields ofSpecial Interests agriculture, health, animal care, vocational

training, education, etc.

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading and educating peoplePastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., Malaysia, Singapore, France,Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Mauritius,Maldives and Thailand

Other Information Chairman, Students’ Union at College and alsoin University; imprisoned under M.I.S.A. duringthe Emergency, 1975-77; Secretary, (i) B.J.P.Parliamentary Board and (ii) B.J.P. Central ElectionCommittee; Spokesman, B.J.P., 1996-2000;Member, (i) Parliamentary Board of B.J.P. sinceFebruary 2006 and (ii) Central Election Committeesince February 2006

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NAIK, SHRI SHANTARAM[Indian National Congress - Goa]

Father’s Name Shri Laxman

Mother’s Name Shrimati Sita


Place of Birth Cuncolim, Distt. South Goa (Goa)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Beena S. Naik

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College,Margao, Bombay University, Mumbai andSiddharth College of Law, Bombay University,Mumbai

Profession Lawyer, Agriculturist

Permanent Address 2137, Near Swami Math, Gogol, Margao - 403602 (Goa)Tel.: 0832-2759555Fax: 0832-2724136E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 602, Brahmaputra, Dr. B. D. Marg, New Delhi -110 001Tel.: 23766505Mobile: 9868181344, 09422439990E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1984 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok SabhaJuly 2005 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2005 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Commerce and Industry

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July 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Food, Consumer AffairsApril 2010 - July 2011 and Public DistributionSept. 2006 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee of PrivilegesAug. 2009 - April 2012 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeDec. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Select Committee to examine the

Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009Aug. 2010 - Dec. 2010 Member, Select Committee to the Prevention of

Torture Bill, 2010July 2011 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Chairman, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee on Subordinate Legislation


Books Published Law of Town and Country Planning in Goa(a compilation), 1994

Social and Cultural Activities, Has been a party social worker helping the needyLiterary, Artistic and Scientific and weaker sections of society for the last 35Accomplishments and other years; as a freelance writer, contributes articlesSpecial Interests to local newspapers in Goa

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Movies and light musicPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.S.R., as a member of Congress partydelegation in April 1985; New York (U.S.A.), as amember of Indian delegation to the SpecialSession of United Nations on Disarmament in1986; China, as a member of the delegation led bylate Kumari Nirmala Deshpande, renownedGandhian and social worker

Other Information Started political activity as a student in 1967 byputting up Congress election campaign postersin public places; actively participated in politicsfrom 1972; started law practice in 1972; won the1–Panaji (North Goa) Parliamentary Constituencyelection in 1984 by a vast margin; as a Member ofParliament, he introduced the highest number ofPrivate Members’ Bills in the Eighth Lok Sabha;pursued the demand for Statehood to Goarigorously with late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the thenPrime Minister of India which ultimately resultedin the passage of the Statehood Bill and grant of

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Statehood to Goa on 30 May 1987; also madespecial efforts to include Konkani in the EighthSchedule of the Constitution as a Member ofParliament and later as President of Goa PradeshCongress Committee (G.P.C.C.); was Chairman,Goa, Daman and Diu Industrial DevelopmentCorporation; was President, (i) South GoaAdvocates’ Association and (ii) G.P.C.C., 1990;was Joint Secretary, G.P.C.C.; was GeneralSecretary, G.P.C.C.; was Vice-President, All GoaAdvocates Association; was Secretary,Advocates’ Association of South Goa - playedan active role during this time for the creation of aseparate Judicial District for South Goa; wasSecretary, A.I.C.C., 2006-2007; wasSpokesperson, G.P.C.C. in the by-elections to thefive assembly constituencies held in Goa in 2005;was Member, (i) G.P.C.C., (ii) Committee onEstimates, Lok Sabha, (iii) Committee onSubordinate Legislation and (iv) ConsultativeCommittee of the Ministry of Personnel, PublicGrievances and Pensions; Member, All IndiaCongress Committee (A.I.C.C.); ExecutiveMember, G.P.C.C.; Secretary, All India CongressCommittee

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NANDA, SHRI KIRANMAY[Samajwadi Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Jyotirmay Nanda

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Subodhbala Nanda


Place of Birth Suadighi, Distt. Purba Midinapur (West Bengal)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Dipika Nanda


Educational Qualifications GraduateEducated at Calcutta University, Kolkata


Permanent Address 1 A-29, Salt Lake, Sector-III,Kolkata-700097 (West Bengal)Tel.: 033-24199006, 23351300Fax: 033-23350432

Present Address 802, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23314325, 23314324E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

1977 - 2011 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly(seven consecutive terms)

1982 - 2011 Minister, Fisheries, Government of West BengalChairman, West Bengal State FisheriesDevelopment CorporationChairman, West Bengal Fisheries Corporation

1987 - 2011 Chairman, West Bengal State Fishermen’sCo-operative Federation

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Energy

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football, volleyball, cricket; listening to old music,Pastimes and Recreation reading novels, political and religious books,

watching art films and social work

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., China, Philippines, Japan, Germany,Norway, Singapore, France and Thailand

Other Information Was detained in Presidency jail for participationin the food movement in 1964; joined theSanyukta Socialist Party in 1966; was FounderMember, (i) West Bengal Socialist Party and(ii) Samajwadi Party; National General Secretary,Samajwadi Party; during his tenure as theMinister, Fisheries, Government of West Bengal,the Department received the NationalProductivity Award for highest fish production,consecutively for 16 years; the Department alsoreceived Indira Priyadarshini Brikshamitra Awardfor Environmental Protection; he receivedFisherman Friend Award from FISHCOFED,Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India; wasChairman, Policy Making Committee, NationalFisheries Development Board; declared, WetLand Day for the first time in 1987 to emphazisethe need to protect water bodies worldwide;introduced, Fishermen Pension Scheme and SocialFisheries Scheme for fishermen; honoured ashonorary Georgian Citizen by the State of Georgia,U.S.A. during his visit to U.S.A.

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NANDAMURI HARIKRISHNA, SHRI[Telugu Desam Party - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

Mother’s Name Shrimati Nandamuri Basava Ramatarakam


Place of Birth Village Nimmakur, Distt. Krishna(Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Nandamuri Lakshmi Kumari


Educational Qualifications S.Sc.Educated at Senior Secondary School, Chennai

Profession Artist and Social Work

Permanent Address 10-3-310/A/2, Humayun Nagar, Masab Tank,Mehdi Patnam, Hyderabad-500028(Andhra Pradesh)Tel. : 040-23535228, 0361-2341348

Present Address 603, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel. : 23782155Mobile: 9868181799

Positions Held

1996 - 99 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative AssemblySept. 1995 - Feb. 1996 Cabinet Minister for Road Transport, Government

of Andhra PradeshApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsAug. - Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on Water ResourcesOct. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Industry

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Social and Cultural Activities, Has acted in about twenty films in TeluguLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

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NANDI YELLAIAH, SHRI[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Nandi NagaiahMother’s Name Late Shrimati Nandi NarsammaDate of Birth 1 July 1942Place of Birth Musheerabad, Distt. Hyderabad (Andhra

Pradesh)Marital Status MarriedChildren Two sons and two daughtersEducational Qualifications MatriculationProfession Trade Unionist, Political and Social WorkerPermanent Address 1-9-19/63, Ramnagar Colony,

Hyderabad-500 020 (Andhra Pradesh)Tel.: 040-27677667

Present Address 11, Canning Lane, New DelhiTel. : 011-23782127Mobile : 9868181828E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held1969 - 72 Member, Senate, Osmania University, Andhra

Pradesh1977 Member, Committee on Welfare of SC/ST Andhra

Pradesh for implementation and Protection of CivilRights Act, 1955

1979 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha1980 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha

Member, Board of Management of SramicVidyapeeth, Hyderabad

1984 Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of HomeAffairsChairman, Development Council for Leather andLeather Goods Industries, Government of IndiaDirector, National Seeds Corporation, Governmentof India Public Undertaking, New DelhiDirector, Indian Road Construction Corporation

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1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Railways

1991 - 96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha1992 Member, Andhra Pradesh State Food Advisory

CommitteeMember, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry ofPowerMember, Telecommunication Advisory Board,Andhra Pradesh

1992 - 96 Member, Committee on Official Language1994 - 96 Member, Telecom Advisory Committee for Andhra

Pradesh1995 Member, Committee on Defence

Member, Central Monitoring Committee on theLiberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers andtheir DependentsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Information and Broadcasting

1995 - 96 Member, Zonal Railway Committee on SouthCentral Railway

1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha1997 Member, Executive Committee of Congress

Parliamentary PartyApril 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha2002 Member, Committee on EnergyJan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and

Public DistributionAug. 2004 - Sept. 2006 Member, Committee on PetitionsAug. 2004 - Aug. 2007 Member, Committee on Urban DevelopmentAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled

Castes and Scheduled TribesOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Petroleum and Natural GasJuly 2006 - Aug. 2007 Member, Committee on Water ResourcesApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on RailwaysAug. 2009 onwardsSept. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Petitions

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof SteelMember, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry ofPetroleum and Natural Gas

Aug. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice andEmpowerment

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Countries Visited Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Philippines,Indonesia, Singapore and Mongolia

Other Information Was elected as President, (i) Hyderabad CityCharmakar Sangh and (ii) Telangana TanneriesWorkers Union; was nominated as Member, StateAdvisory Leather Board, Andhra Pradesh (for twoyears); was Municipal Councillor fromZamistanpur Double Member Constituency(Reserved), Hyderabad; as Corporator, servedon various important Committees, such asChairman, (i) Planning and DevelopmentCommittee and (ii) Slum Improvement Committee;as General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh ArundhatiMaha Sabha, 1969-72 and Secretary, CityDepressed Class League, 1969-72, helped in theimplementation of various slum improvementprogrammes and worked for the welfare of thedowntrodden community; as a Member,Committee on Official language, visited sevencountries, viz. Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong,Tokyo (Japan), China, Philippines, Indonesia andSingapore to inspect to what extent the officiallanguage is implemented in the Indian embassiesand offices of Central Government, July 1995; asa Member of the Parliamentary delegation led byShri P.A.Sangma, Speaker, Lok Sabha visitedMongolia en route Beijing, Hong Kong andBangkok, August 1997; associated with the IndianNational Congress in various capacities; Vice-President, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committeesince 1999; Member, (i) State Level Vigilance andMonitoring Committee to implement provisionsof the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act and (ii) District LevelVigilance and Monitoring Committee for RuralDevelopment Programmes, Distt. Medak

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NAQVI, SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS[Bharatiya Janata Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri A.H. Naqvi

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Sakina Begum


Place of Birth Bhadari, Distt. Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Seema Naqvi

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), Post Graduate (MassCommunication), Post Graduate Diploma in Mediaand CommunicationEducated at FRI College, Bareilly, Anglo-VernaCollege, Allahabad,Yadgar College, Allahabad andAsian Institute of Technical Studies

Profession Agriculturist, Writer, Political and Social Activist

Permanent Address Bangalow No. 5, Judges Road, Buland Bungalow,Civil Lines, Rampur (Uttar Pradesh)

Present Address C-1/12-A, Pandara Park, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 011-23388917Fax : 011-23388850E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held

1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok SabhaMinister of State in the Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting with additional charge of theMinistry of Parliamentary Affairs

2001 - 2003 Elected Vice-Chairman, Centre for CulturalResources and Training (CCRT), Ministry ofCulture, Government of India

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Nov. 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. - March 2003 Member, Committee on FinanceJan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on CommerceFeb. 2003 - 2008 Member, Haj Committee, IndiaMarch 2003 - Feb. 2004 Chairman, Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on

the Functioning of Wakf BoardsMember, Committee on Information Technology

July 2004 - 2008 Elected Chairman, Air Charter OperationsCommittee (Haj), Government of India

July 2004 - 2008 Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim UniversityAug. 2004 - 2006 Member, Committee on DefenceOct. 2004 - 2008 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Communications and Information TechnologyAug. 2006 - 2008 Member, Committee on External AffairsJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf

(Amendment) Bill, 2010Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Defence

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Hindi Salahkar Samiti, Ministry of CivilAviation

May 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsDec. 2011 onwards Vice-President, India-Iran Parliamentary

Friendship GroupMay 2012 onwards Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim UniversityOct. 2012 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and

Allowances of Members of Parliament

Books Published (i) Syah, 1991, (ii) Danga, 1998 and (iii) Vaisali,2007

Social and Cultural Activities, Actively involved and associated with severalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific socio-cultural and academic activities includingAccomplishments and other upliftment of artisans; to spread public awarenessSpecial Interests in remote villages by way of Chaupals

(assemblies) with the help of various organizationsengaged in promotion of art, culture and socialharmony; campaigning to spread awarenessamong people towards harmony, goodwill andeducation through effective use of street plays,folk music and art; writing books, articles, scriptson socio-economic and cultural issues

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Kabaddi, Chess, Volleyball and playsPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Led, Indian Delegation of the Government of Indiato North Korea, 1998; visited, (i) U.A.E. as Headof the Joint Parliamentary Delegation, 1999,(ii) Malaysia, as Observer to the NationalConvention of Ruling Party of Malaysia, 2002,(iii) Bangladesh, as member of the delegation of49th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference,2003 , (iv) Pakistan, as head of the BJP Member ofthe Parliament Delegation to attend the SAFMAConference in May 2005, (v) participated in Indo-US Study Programme, Yale University, NewHaven, U.S.A., 2008 and (vi) New Zealand as aMember of Parliamentary Delegation, 2012;Mauritius, Hong Kong, China, Austria, Germany,Italy, Switzerland, U.S.A. and Thailand

Other Information Actively participated in social, political activitiesand student’s youth movements since student’sdays; detained at Naini Central Jail under MISA/DIR at the age of 17 years during the Emergencyin 1975; confined to jail for over three dozens oftimes under various mass movements; activelyparticipated in national movements; Distt. Vice-President and General Secretary, Yuva Janata(Youth wing of Janata Party), Allahabad, UttarPradesh, 1978 - 79; Elected Member, StateExecutive of Yuva Janata, Uttar Pradesh, 1979;General Secretary, Yuva Janata, Uttar Pradesh,1980; All India Vice-President, Bharatiya JanataYuva Morcha, 1992-97; National Secretary,Bharatiya Janata Party, 2000-2002; NationalGeneral Secretary, Spokesperson and In-chargeof several important states, 2002-2006; In-charge,Central Election Management Co-ordinationCommittee of the B.J.P. since 2006; All India Vice-President, B.J.P. since January 2006

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NARAYANAN, SHRI C. P.[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Kerala]

Father’s Name Shri C. Parameswaran Nambisan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Parvathy Brahmaniamma


Place of Birth Vadakanchery, Distt. Thrissur (Kerala)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati P.N. Thankam


Educational Qualifications B.Sc. (Hons.) Mathematics, M.Sc. (Statistics)Educated at University College and KeralaUniversity, Thiruvananthapuram

Profession College Teacher, Journalist, Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address Akshaya, B-10, Chithra Nagar, Vattiyoorkavu,Thiruvananthapuram-695013 (Kerala)Tel.: 0471-2360502 (R), 2468735, 2305731 (O)Fax: 2307141Mobile: 09447160502E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 415, V.P. House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001Mobile: 9013181502E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1980 - 83 Member, Executive Committee, Kerala AgriculturalUniversity, Kerala

2006 - 2011 Member, State Planning Board, Kerala2010 - 2011 Political Secretary to Chief Minister, KeralaJuly 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Provision of Computer

Equipment to Members of Rajya Sabha

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Books Published In Malayalam, (i) Philosophical Issues of UltraRevolution, 1980, (ii) Origins of Marxism, 1982,(iii) Labour is Wealth, 1986, (iv) Imperialism andTerrorism, 2001, (v) Scientific ConsciousnessThrough Ages, 2005 and (vi) Glossary of MarxistTerms, 2012

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder Member, Kerala Sasthra SahityaLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Parishath (K.S.S.P.) which is now celebrating itsAccomplishments and other Golden Jubilee, the organization has made aSpecial Interests substantial influence in Kerala society in the

spheres of education, health, energy, environment,decentralized planning, publication of books onscience, etc.; K.S.S.P. was instrumental indeveloping a people’s science movement at thenational level by motivating formation of statewisescience movements and their networking at thenational level; was President, All India People’sScience Network for three terms; actively involvedin (i) literacy movement for the past three decadesand (ii) People’s Plan and Decentralisationprogrammes in Kerala since 1990; was officebearer of the Total Literacy Programme in Keralain 1989 - 90

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Watching football and cricket matches, reading;Pastimes and Recreation interested in drama, cinema and other art forms

Countries Visited Visited, (i) Switzerland, Germany and U.A.E., asmember of the delegation led by the Chief Ministerof Kerala, 1996 and (ii) Switzerland and U.K., asleader of a delegation of chairpersons of localbodies and officials in Kerala, to study thefunctioning of local bodies in the two countries,2009

Other Information As a college teacher, was actively associated withthe private college teachers’ movement in Keralain 1960s; keenly interested in educational reforms;actively involved in bringing about curricularreforms in both school and higher education inthe State for the last four decades

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NATARAJAN, SMT. JAYANTHI[Indian National Congress - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Dr. C.R. Sundararajan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Rukmini Sundararajan


Place of Birth Madras


Spouse’s Name Shri V.K. Natarajan

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.A., B.L.Educated at Ethiraj College and Madras LawCollege

Profession Advocate

Permanent Address 47, Warren Road, Mylapore,Chennai - 600004 (Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 044 - 24992440, 24992189

Present Address 402, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23356888E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

June 1986 Elected to Rajya Sabha1988 Member, General Body of the Central Social

Welfare Board1991 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen1992 Re-nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen1992 - 2001 Member, Committee of PrivilegesJune 1992 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f.

9 September 1997)1992 - 97 Member, Committee of both Houses on

Environment and Forests

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1994 - 97 Member, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Committee on Public Accounts

1996 Re-nominated to the Panel of Vice-ChairmenJune 1997 - March 1998 Minister of State in the Ministries of Civil Aviation

and Parliamentary AffairsOct. 1997 Elected to Rajya Sabha1998 - 99 Member, Committee on Home Affairs1998 - 2001 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Civil AviationApril 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen,Rajya Sabha

May 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on ChildrenJune 2008 - July 2011 Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeMember, Committee on Transport, Tourism andCultureMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil Aviation

Aug. 2009 - July 2011 Chairman, Committee on Personnel, PublicGrievances, Law and JusticeMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Health and Family Welfare

Dec. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Select Committee to examine theCommercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009

Feb. 2010 - July 2011 Member, Court of the University of PondicherrySept. 2010 - July 2011 Member, Committee on RulesMarch 2011 - July 2011 Member, JPC to examine matters relating to

allocation and pricing of telecom licences andspectrum

May 2011 - July 2011 Member, Committee on Public Accounts12 July 2011 onwards Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Environment and ForestsJuly 2011 onwards Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

Management

Social and Cultural Activities, To play the veena; environment, legal aid andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific women’s rights with special reference to lawAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Zonta Club for Women, Madras; reading of booksPastimes and Recreation on philosophy, poetry and humour, music, theatre

and amateur dramatics

Countries Visited U.S.A., Canada, Sri Lanka, Nepal and a number ofEuropean countries

Other Information Engaged in All India Women’s Conference,Environmental Society and in the work of legalaid for the poor

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NATCHIAPPAN, DR. E.M. SUDARSANA[Indian National Congress - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri N.V. Madhavan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Thangam Sethurajam


Place of Birth Eriyur, Distt. Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati E.M.S. Devaki


Educational Qualifications M.A., B.L., Ph.D.Educated at Thiayagarajar College, Madurai,Madras Law College, Chennai and MaduraiKamaraj University, Madurai


Permanent Address (i) 3F, White House, 10 Bhagwan Dass Road,Mandi House, New Delhi-110001

(ii) “Jeya Madhav”, 4, Sathiyamoorthy Street,Sivaganga-630561 (Tamil Nadu)Tel. : 04575-240211, 240121

(iii) Dr. EMSN Foundation, ERIYUR - 630566,Distt. Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)

Present Address 601, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi- 110001Tel.: 011-23766540Mobile: 9868181909E-mail : [email protected]


Website : www.emsnmp.com; www. pfhrgd.org

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Positions Held

1999 - Feb. 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and Forests2000-2004 Member, Committee on Government Assurances


2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Finance2003 Whip, Congress Party, Lok Sabha

Executive Member, Congress Parliamentary PartyJune 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - May 2009 Chairman, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeAug. 2005 - May 2009 Member, General Purposes CommitteeOct. 2004 - 2008 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Information and BroadcastingNov. 2004 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Rules2004 onwards Chairman, Parliamentary Forum on Human Rights,

New Delhi2008 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for theAug. 2009 - June 2013 Ministry of FinanceAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentJune 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on CommerceAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on LabourAug. 2010 - Dec. 2010 Member, Select Committee to the Prevention of

Torture Bill, 2010Sept. 2010 - May 2013 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableSept. 2010 onwards President, Parliamentarian Forum on Human

Rights for Global Development, New DelhiAug. 2011 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya

Sabha (re-nominated on 9 November 2012)Nov. 2011 - June 2013 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to examine

matters relating to allocation and pricing oftelecom licences and spectrum

April 2012 onwards Member, Business Advisory CommitteeAug. 2012 - June 2013 Member, Committee on DefenceDec. 2012 - June 2013 Member, Committee on EthicsDec. 2012 onwards Chief Whip, Rajya Sabha (INC)17 June 2013 onwards Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce

and Industry

Books Published (i) Nehru’s Thoughts on Socialism, (ii) CivilNuclear Treaty, (iii) Political, Social and EconomicJustice, (iv) Heart of Tamils, (v) Right toInformation and (vi) Parliament CommitteeSystem; Editor, (i) Congress CentenarySouvenir, 1987, (ii) Panchayati Raj Handbook, 1995,

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(iii) Is Lok Sabha for us?, 2004, a book onParliamentary speeches and (iv) WTO – “Indiaand WTO” The World Trade Organization andthe Indian Executive, Legislature and Judiciary

Social and Cultural Activities, Keen interest in activities pertaining toLiterary, Artistic and Scientific education, agriculture, human resourceAccomplishments and other development, trade unions, human rights, WorldSpecial Interests Trade Organisation and international law and

diplomacy

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Chairman, Lions Club International; LifePastimes and Recreation Member, (i) Constitution Club, New Delhi and

(ii) Rotary Club, Karaikudi

Countries Visited Widely travelled; was member of severalparliamentary delegations to many countries viz.China, Pakistan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka,Philippines, Mauritius, Indonesia, Austria(Vienna), U.K., France, Germany, South Africa,etc.; attended, several International seminarsrepresenting India at International Confederationof Free Trade Union, 1976, International LabourOrganisation, 1977, SAARC Economic HumanRights Seminar, Kathmandu, International CriminalCourt Seminar, Kuala Lumpur, 2005, etc.;addressed, U.N. General Assembly, New York,U.S.A., October 2008, Special Arms Trade Treaty(A.T.T.) Session, 2011 and 2012, UN, New York,U.S.A.

Other Information President, Tamil Nadu Human Rights Department,1999; Chairman, Panchayat Union, Sivaganga,Tamil Nadu, 1985-90; State Secretary, IndianNational Rural Labour Federation, Tamil Nadu,1976-95; Founder, (i) 21st Century LawConsultancy International, New Delhi, Chennaiand Madurai, (ii) 21st Century InternationalSchool, Sivaganga, (iii) International LawConsultancy, New Delhi and (iv) All India HumanRights Federation, New Delhi; Member, (i) Senate,Madurai University, 1990-93, (ii) InternationalChamber of Commerce, Arbitration Commission,2002, (iii) Task Force on Arbitration (I.C.C., Paris),India Chapter and (iv) Governing Council, IndianLaw Institute, New Delhi; National ExecutiveMember, International Chamber of Commerce(I.C.C.), New Delhi, 2002; Life Member,(i) Supreme Court Bar Association, 2005, (ii) IndianCouncil for Arbitration, New Delhi and (iii) IndianInstitute of Public Administration (I.I.P.A.), NewDelhi; Elected President, Indian Society ofInternational Law (I.S.I.L), New Delhi

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NATHWANI, SHRI PARIMAL[Independent - Jharkhand]

Father’s Name Shri Dhirajlal Nathwani

Mother’s Name Shrimati Pushpa Nathwani




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Varsha Nathwani

Children One son

Educational Qualifications Professional doctorate in ManagementEducated at National Institute of Management,Ahmedabad

Profession Trader and Industrialist

Permanent Address (i) VRAJ, Opposite HDFC Bank,Near Suvidha Shopping Centre,Besides Chandanbala Towers, Paldi,Ahmedabad -380007 (Gujarat)Tel.: 079-40094901 (O)Fax: 079-40091430 (O)Mobile : 9825211111

(ii) B/107, Harmu Housing Colony,P.O. Doranda, P.S. Argora,Ranchi - 834012 (Jharkhand)Tel.: 0651-2244144 (O)Fax: 0651-2244500 (O)E-mail: [email protected]: www.parimalnathwani.com

Present Address 165, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23794010Fax : 011-23012879Mobile : 9868181299E-mail: [email protected]

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Positions Held

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Commerce


Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Personnel, PublicGrievances, Law and JusticePermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of External Affairs

Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Commerce and Industry

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder Chairman and Trustee, Reliance RuralLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Development Trust (an NGO), which has carriedAccomplishments and other out approximately 6246 works in 5558 villagesSpecial Interests across 25 districts of Gujarat for rural

development; Chairman, National SafetyCouncil, Gujarat Chapter; Vice-Chairman,Dwarkadheesh Devasthan Samiti; GroupPresident, Corporate Affairs, Reliance IndustriesLtd.; Director, Vadodara Stock Exchange,Vadodara; Member, (i) Nathdwara Temple Board,(ii) Executive Committee, Gujarat Chamber ofCommerce and Industry and (iii) Gujarat StateCouncil, Federation of Indian Chamber ofCommerce and Industry, Ahmedabad

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Vice-President, Gujarat Cricket Association;Pastimes and Recreation Executive Member, Lions Club of Jamnagar;

Member, Rotary Club of Jamnagar

Countries Visited Russia, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan, Uganda,Kenya, as member of the delegation of theGovernment of Gujarat led by the hon’ble ChiefMinister; Austria, France, U.S.A., U.A.E. andThailand

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O’BRIEN, SHRI DEREK[All India Trinamool Congress - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Shri Neil O’Brien

Mother’s Name Shrimati Joyce O’Brien




Spouse’s Name Dr. Tonuca Basu


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Scottish Church College, Kolkata

Profession Quiz Master/Author

Permanent Address 158, Prince Anwar Shah Road,Kolkata - 700045 (West Bengal)Tel.: 033 - 24228735, 22804093

Present Address 190, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23795540E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Aug. 2009 - July 2011 Chairman, Passenger Services Committee (PSC),Indian Railways

Aug. 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareSept. 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-I to examine the

functioning of AIIMS of the Committee on Healthand Family Welfare

Oct. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on ChildrenMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Human Resource Development

May 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

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Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Provision of Computersto Members of Rajya SabhaMember, Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

Books Published (i) Mother Teresa-Down Memory Lane,(ii) Cadbury’s Bournvita Book of Knowledge(Vol. 1-14), (iii) The Mumbai Factfile, (iv) The Knowof Things, (v) Know and Grow With Derek Series(Vol. 1-8) , (vi) Be a GK Champ Series (Vol. 1-8),(vii) Penguin India Reference Year Book(2005-2009), (viii) Penguin CNBC TV18 BusinessYearbooks (2006, 2007, 2010), (ix) The UltimateIndia Quiz Book, (x) The Ultimate Business QuizBook and (xi) Ultimate Sports Quiz Book

Countries Visited Visited, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bahrain, Oman,Kuwait, U.A.E. and U.S.A. to conduct Quiz Shows

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PANDE, SHRI AVINASH[Indian National Congress - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shri Narayan Prasad Pande

Mother’s Name Shrimati Gayatridevi Pande


Place of Birth Nagpur (Maharashtra)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Preeti Pande

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.Com., M.A. (Economics), M.A. (PublicAdministration), D.B.M., LL.B.Educated at Nagpur University, Nagpur

Profession Politics, Social Work, Agriculture and Business

Permanent Address 7, Bhagwaghar Layout, Dharampeth,Nagpur - 440010 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 0712 - 2533115, 3205304, 3205306Fax: 0712 - 2533797

Present Address 14-A, Ferozeshah Road, New DelhiTel.: 011-23350212Fax: 011-23350211Mobile: 9013181555, 09371490009E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1985 - 89 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly1986 Member, Maharashtra State Mathadi Board

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Industry

1986 - 87 Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee,Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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1987 Member, Accommodation Committee,Maharashtra Legislative AssemblyChairman, Minimum Wages Committee for BidiWorkersMember, India’s 40th year of IndependenceCelebration Committee

1987 - 88 Member, Maithilisharan Gupt CentenaryCommittee

1988 Member, Nagpur University Senate1989 Member, Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Celebration

Committee2006-2010 Chairman, Maharashtra Small Scale Industries

Development Corporation Ltd.July 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of CoalPermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment

Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Urban DevelopmentSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Petitions

Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti for the Ministryof Panchayati RajMember, Governing Council of the NationalMission of Sarva Shiksha AbhiyanMember, Development Council for SugarIndustries

Books Published In Hindi: Compiled and coordinated: (i) ShabdSwar Ke Sumeru (A Book on Rashtra KaviPradeep), 1995 and (ii) Ek Deep Kavi Pradeep(A compilation of Memoirs of Rashtra KaviPradeep), 2007

Social and Cultural Activities, Chairman, Kavi Pradeep Foundation, anLiterary, Artistic and Scientific organization devoted to art and culture withAccomplishments and other patriotism as its theme; Vice-Chairman, CentralSpecial Interests India Research Foundation for Socio-economic

and Political Affairs; Trustee, Arsha VigyanGurukul which is a noble institution founded byDr. Shrikant Jichkar under the guidance of SwamiDayanand Saraswati for keeping alive thetreasures of knowledge and wisdom contained inour invaluable ancient scriptures; Trustee andVice-President, Sandipani School which istargeted to inculcate Indian values and ethos inchildren along with modern education in a secularenvironment and help create a patriotic youngergeneration

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Nature walk, trekking, wild life, pilgrimage, ancientPastimes and Recreation and heritage tourism, animal lover, swimming and

reading

Countries Visited Visited, (i) North Korea (Pyongyang), as leader ofthe Indian Youth Delegation under the CulturalExchange Programme, 1988, (ii) Fourteen EuropeanCountries, as Deputy Leader of the NagpurUniversity Student’s Union delegation, 1978,(iii) Singapore, as Delegate at the Conference onNuclear Disarmament & North-East Relationship,(iv) China (Taipei), as Delegate at the InternationalJaycees Convention, 1983, (v) Australia(Melbourne), represented as a NSUI Delegate tothe Commonwealth Students Conference, 1983,(vi) Hong Kong, as representative at the seminaron Slums Development and Child Welfare, 1983,(vii) Moscow, as delegate to the InternationalYouth and Students Festival, 1985, (viii) China, asleader of the delegation of Small ScaleIndustrialists of Maharashtra to study the globalopportunities, 2007 and (ix) Germany, as Memberof CII’s High Power Industrial Delegation, led bythe Union Minister of Commerce and Industry,Shri Kamal Nath, 2008

Other Information Elected General Secretary, Nagpur UniversityStudents Council, 1977-78; President,(i) Maharashtra N.S.U.I.(I), 1983-87 and(ii) Maharashtra Youth Congress, 1988-89;Vice-President, Maharashtra Pradesh CongressCommittee (I), 2002-2005; General Secretary,(i) Indian Youth Congress (I), 1993-97 and(ii) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (I),1998-2002; Secretary, All India CongressCommittee since 2009; Chief Convener, HistoricNational Convention of NSUI at Nagpur, 1984;Member, Training Department A.I.C.C., 2007

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PANDIAN, SHRI PAUL MANOJ[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Dr. P.H. Pandian

Mother’s Name Dr. Cynthia Pandian




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Deepti Manoj Pandian


Educational Qualifications B.L., M.L.Educated at Dr. Ambedkar Law College, Chennaiand Madras University, Chennai


Permanent Address 120, Govindaperi, Karisalpatti Village,Ambasamudram Taluk,Distt. Tirunelvelli (Tamil Nadu)

Present Address 11, South Avenue, New DelhiE-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

2001 - 2006 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly2001 - 2002 Member, Rules Committee, Tamil Nadu Legislative

Assembly2001 - 2004 Senate Member, Dr. Ambedkar Law University

Member, Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare Board2004 - 2006 Chairman, Estimates Committee, Tamil Nadu

Legislative AssemblyJune 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsMember, Committee on PetitionsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil Aviation

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) Madras Race Club andPastimes and Recreation (ii) Cosmopolitan Club; swimming

Countries Visited U.S.A., as a member of the delegation sponsoredby the U.S. Consulate for International VisitorYouth Leadership Programme, Singapore andSri Lanka

Other Information Was the best outgoing student of Don BoscoMatriculation Higher Secondary School; wasrecommended for the Prime Minister’s Gallantaryaward for saving the life of one Yogeshwaram;joined the AIADMK Party in the year 1993;appointed as Joint Secretary, Advocates’ Wingof the AIADMK, 2000; appointed as Secretary,Advocates’ Wing of the AIADMK, 2006

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PANDYA, SHRI DILIPBHAI[Bharatiya Janata Party - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Shri Shivshankerbhai

Mother’s Name Shrimati Prabhaben


Place of Birth Panchgani, Distt. Satara (Maharashtra)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Kusumben alias Yashomati


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.B.Educated at University of Bombay, Mumbai


Permanent Address Dhori-Pole, At and PO Sidhpur,Distt. Patan-384151 (Gujarat)Tel.: 02767-220405(R), 223225 (O)

Present Address 12-E, Ferozeshah Road, New DelhiE-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1970 - 80 and 1984 - 90 Municipal Councillor, Sidhpur Municipality,Gujarat

1977 - 80 and 1984 - 88 President, Sidhpur Municipality, Gujarat1972 - 75 Vice-President, Sidhpur Municipality, Gujarat1977 - 80 and 1984 - 90 Director, Agriculture Produce Market Committee,

Sidhpur, Gujarat2000 - 2003 Director, Co-operative Bank, Sidhpur, GujaratAug. 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers

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Books Published (i) “Sarva Mangal Manjusha” and (ii) “Anart NoAudhoot”

Social and Cultural Activities, Social service; Trustee of many religious,Literary, Artistic and Scientific educational and social bodies; interested inAccomplishments and other gaushala and gausevaSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Ex-member, (i) J.C. Club, (ii) Rotary Club andPastimes and Recreation (iii) Kera Club

Other Information State Executive Member, B.J.P.

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PARASARAN, SHRI K.[Nominated]

Father’s Name Shri R. Kesava Aiyangar

Mother’s Name Shrimati Ranganayaki


Place of Birth Srirangam, Distt. Trichy (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Late Shrimati Saroja Parasaran


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Economics), B.L.Educated at Presidency College, Chennai and LawCollege, Madras


Permanent Address ‘Sri Ranga’, 8, 8th Street, Dr. Radhakrishnan Road,Mylapore, Chennai - 600004

Present Address R-20, Greater Kailash, Part-I, New Delhi-110048Tel.: 011-26224319, 26224765Fax : 044 - 28472826E-mail : [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held

1971 - 76 Senior Central Government Standing Counsel1976 - 77 Advocate General of Tamil Nadu1980 - 83 Solicitor General of India1983 - 89 Attorney-General of IndiaJune 2012 Nominated to Rajya SabhaJuly 2012 onwards Member, Committtee on Railways

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PARIDA, SHRI BAISHNAB[Biju Janata Dal - Odisha]

Father’s Name Shri Jagabandhu Parida

Mother’s Name Shrimati Sulochana Parida


Place of Birth Srirampur, P.S. Mangalpur, Distt. Jajpur (Odisha)


Spouse’s Name Dr. Swarna Lata Parida

Children One daughter and one son

Educational Qualifications M.A., M.Phil.Educated at University of Calcutta and Instituteof Oriental Studies, Moscow

Profession Political and Social Activist

Permanent Address Vill. Srirampur, P.O. Mangalpur,Distt. Jajpur-751015 (Odisha)Tel.: 0674-2550950Mobile : 9437301413, 9013181413

Present Address C-604, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23765224, 23765225E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

July 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice

and EmpowermentMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Health and Family Welfare

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)Member, Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

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Books Published (i) Caste System in India, (ii) S.A. Dange and TradeUnion Movement in India, (iii) Octopus ofCorruption, (iv) Political Economy and(v) Jharkhand Movement and the PoliticalAspirations behind it; translated 31 RussianClassics including Maxim Gorkey’s ‘Mother’,Dostoevsky and Chekhov’s novels and stories,Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Father Sergei’ and other novels,Puskin’s ‘Captain’s daughter’; four volumes ofKarl Marx, Engels works; theoretical and politicaltreaties of Plekhanov and Lenin and many childrenbooks into Oriya; edited books translated by manyprominent Oriya writers; translated the ‘MatirManish’ of Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, noted Oriyawriter and other 28 best Oriya stories into Russianas a co-translator; published, Pratinidhi (Oriyafortnightly) from Kolkata, 1963-69; contributesregularly articles for journals and newspapers;has written numerous poems

Social and Cultural Activities, Was actively involved in students and trade unionLiterary, Artistic and Scientific movements in West Bengal and Odisha; ledAccomplishments and other peasant and share croppers movement in Odisha;Special Interests assaulted and imprisoned several times;

established schools, colleges, libraries andhospitals; organised, (i) seminars on nationaland international issues and lectures on burningsocio-economic, political and ecological problemsof India and the world to raise the awareness ofthe people and to develop scientific and secularoutlook and (ii) campaigns to eradicate illiteracyand to abolish untouchability in Odisha

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Practising yoga and reading books and journalsPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Widely travelled in Europe, North America, LatinAmerica, Asia and Africa to attend seminars andinternational conferences

Other Information Orissa State President, Samajwadi Party,1999-2008; General Secretary and Spokesperson,Biju Janata Dal; General Secretary, (i) OrissaPradesh Congress State Election CampaignCommittee, 1995 and (ii) Indian Association ofthe then Soviet Union, 1988; Spokesman, OrissaPradesh Congress Committee; Member,

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(i) Executive Committee of West Bengal StudentsFederation, 1965 and (ii) Editorial Board of SovietLand (Oriya edition), 1965-74; In-charge ofMoscow Committee of Communist Party of India(C.P.I.), 1975-89; Vice-President, Rural WorkersUnion of Orissa; Founder, (i) West Bengal OriyaStudents Association, 1963, (ii) West Bengal OriyaCitizens Council, Kolkata, 1965, (iii) New ThinkingForum, 1990, (iv) Forum against Corruption andCriminalization of Politics, 1996 and (v) OrissaSocial Justice Forum, 1998; SpecialCorrespondent, Samaja, leading Oriya daily andEastern Media for East European Countries,1976-89; Correspondent, Novosti Press Agency,Moscow, 1984-89; Editor, Utkal Samaj, Oriyadaily, 1993 - 95

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PARJAPATI, SHRI RANBIR SINGH[Indian National Lok Dal - Haryana]

Father’s Name Shri Raja Ram

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kaisher Devi


Place of Birth Gangwa, Distt. Hisar (Haryana)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Anguri Devi

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications IntermediateEducated at Arya School, Hisar and Board ofSecondary Education, Bhopal

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer

Permanent Address Raja Ram Garden, 4 Km. Kaimri Road,Distt. Hisar-125001 (Haryana)Mobile: 9354311871, 9992100025

Present Address 18, Janpath, New DelhiMobile: 9013181025 E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

2000 - 2005 Member, Zilla Parishad, Hisar, Haryana2005 - 2010 Vice-President, Zilla Parishad, HisarAug. 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on LabourNov. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Youth

Social and Cultural Activities, Upliftment of farmers and rural developmentLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

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Other Information District President, (i) Indian National Lok DalB. C. Cell, Hisar, 2001-2008, (ii) Guru Dev ParjapatiEducational Society, Hisar and (iii) I.N.L.D. GeneralWing since 2008

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PARMAR, SHRI BHARATSINH PRABHATSINH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Shri Prabhatsinh Parmar

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kamalaben Parmar


Place of Birth Zagadia, Bharuch (Gujarat)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Kirtiben Parmar


Educational Qualifications B. Com., LL.B.Educated at South Gujarat University, Bharuch(Gujarat)


Permanent Address At & Post Zagadia, Rajput Falia,Distt. Bharuch - 393110 (Gujarat)Tel.: 02645 - 220051Mobile: 9426477877

Present Address 113, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23093048

Positions Held

1995 - 97 Chairman, Gujarat State Rural DevelopmentCorporation

1998 - 2002 Chairman, Gujarat State Police HousingCorporation

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Water ResourcesAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of CoalAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on AgricultureAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Information Technology

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Social and Cultural Activities, President, D.D. High School Education TrustLiterary, Artistic and Scientific since 2007Accomplishments and OtherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Interested in reading books of social and politicalPastimes and Recreation nature

Other Information State General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party,Gujarat

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PASWAN, SHRI RAM VILAS[Lok Janshakti Party - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Jamun Paswan

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Siya Devi


Place of Birth Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Reena Paswan


Educational Qualifications M.A., LL.B., D.Litt.(Honoris Causa) conferred byBundelkhand University, Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh)Educated at Kosi College, Khagaria and PatnaUniversity, Patna (Bihar)


Permanent Address Vill. and P.O. Shaharbanni, Tola, Bellahi,Distt. Khagaria-851204 (Bihar)

Present Address 12, Janpath, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23015249E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1969 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly1977 - 79 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha (second term)1982 - 84 Leader of Lok Dal (K), Lok Sabha1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha (third term)1989 - 91 Union Cabinet Minister, Labour and Welfare1991 - 96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha (fourth term)

Member, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Committee on Home Affairs

1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (fifth term)Leader of the House, Lok SabhaMember, Business Advisory Committee

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1996 - 98 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways1 June 1996 - 29 June 1996 Minister, Parliamentary Affairs1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (sixth term)

Leader, Janata Dal Parliamentary Party1998 - 99 Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Committee on RailwaysMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Home Affairs

1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (seventh term)13 Oct. 1999 - 1 Sept. 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Communications1 Sept. 2001 - 29 April 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Coal and Mines2004-2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (eighth term)23 May 2004 - 22 May 2009 Union Cabinet Minister, Chemicals and Fertilizers;

SteelJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on PetitionsSept. 2010 - Sept. 2011 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Urban Development2011 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Human Resource Development

Sports, Clubs, Favourite ChessPastimes and RecreationCountries Visited Widely travelledOther Information National General Secretary, (i) Janata Party,

1987-88 and (ii) Janata Dal, 1988 - 90; Secretary,National Front, 1988-90; General Secretary, (i) LokDal, Bihar, 1974 and (ii) Lok Dal, 1985 - 86, JointSecretary, S.S.P., Bihar, 1970; President, DalitSena, since 1983; Chairman, (i) Vichar Shakti,2002, (ii) International Dalit and Minority Forumand (iii) National Dalit and Minority Front;Member, (i) Welfare Committee, 1977 - 78, (ii) DDAAdvisory Council, 1980 - 85, (iii) ParliamentaryOfficial Language Committee, 1980 - 85 and1989 - 95, (iv) AIIMS Advisory Committee,1991 - 96, (v) Court of the Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, 1998 - 99 and (vi) India-Trinidad andTobago Parliamentary Friendship Group sinceJuly 2010; name recorded in Guinness Book ofWorld Records in 1977 for winning elections tothe Sixth Lok Sabha from Hajipur by highestmargin; Chief Editor, Nyaya Chakra since 1989

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PATEL, SHRI AHMED[Indian National Congress - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Late Mohammed Ishakji Patel

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Hawaben Mohammedbhai Patel


Place of Birth Ankleshwar, Distt. Bharuch (Gujarat)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Memoona Ahmed Patel


Educational Qualifications B.Sc.Educated at Shree Jayendra Puri Arts and ScienceCollege, Bharuch (South Gujarat University) andM.S. University, Baroda


Permanent Address Village & P.O. Piraman, Taluka Ankleshwar,Distt. Bharuch (Gujarat)Tel.: 02646-247900, 246404

Present Address 23, Mother Teresa Crescent, New Delhi-110011Tel. : 23014669, 23018535Fax : 23793801E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

March 1977 - Aug. 1979 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha1977 - 82 President, Gujarat Pradesh Youth Congress

Committee1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok SabhaSept. 1983 - Dec. 1984 Joint Secretary, All India Congress CommitteeDec. 1984 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok SabhaJan. - Sept. 1985 Parliamentary Secretary to Prime MinisterSept. 1985 - Jan. 1986 General Secretary, All India Congress CommitteeJan. 1986 - Oct. 1988 President, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee

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April 1992 onwards Member, Congress Working CommitteeMay 1992 - Oct. 1996 General Secretary, All India Congress CommitteeAug. 1993 Elected to Rajya SabhaOct. 1996 - 6 July 2000 Treasurer, All India Congress CommitteeAug. 1999 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaDec. 1999 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Petroleum and ChemicalsJan. 2000 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Civil AviationAug. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Petroleum and NaturalAug. 2009 onwards GasOct. 2004 - 2005 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Human Resource DevelopmentAug. 2005 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on WakfAug. 2011 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Social and Cultural Activities, Travelling, cooperative and social activities andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific sports (mainly cricket & badminton)Accomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Music, cultural programmes and gardeningPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Hungary, France, Austria, West Germany, U.K.,U.S.A., Canada, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Iraq,Thailand, Egypt and Switzerland

Other Information Managing Trustee, Gujarat Rahat Samiti;Chairman, Sanskritik Vikas Mandal, Ankleshwar,District Bharuch

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PATHAK, SHRI BRAJESH[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Suresh Pathak

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kamla Pathak


Place of Birth Mallawan, Distt. Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Namrata Pathak


Educational Qualifications B.Com., LL.B., M.A. (I) Composite HistoryEducated at Lucknow University

Profession Social Worker, Advocate

Permanent Address (i) 14, Chandra Shekhar Azad NagarAvas Vikas Colony, Unnao (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0515-2831111

(ii) B-158, Sector-A, Mahanagar,Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0522-2324000

Present Address C-1/14, Humayun Road, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-24604000Mobile: 9868180000E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

2004 - Nov. 2008 Member, Fourteenth Lok SabhaDeputy Leader, B.S.P. Parliamentary Party

2004 - 14 Nov. 2008 Member, Committee on Personnel, PublicGrievances, Law and JusticeMember, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Committee on Public AccountsMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Home AffairsMember, Delimitation Commission

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May 2006 - Nov. 2008 Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs25 Aug. 2006 - Nov. 2008 Member, Committee of Privileges5 Aug. 2007 - Nov. 2008 Member, Standing Committee on Coal and SteelJuly 2008 - Nov. 2008 Member, Standing Committee on Finance

Member, National Committee on N.C.C.Nov. 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2009 - May 2009 Member, Committee on RailwaysJuly 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Petroleum and Natural GasAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on Home AffairsAug. 2010 onwards Chairman, Committee on Health and Family

WelfareSept. 2010 onwards Member, House CommitteeOct. 2010 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

Management

Social and Cultural Activities Social Service (alleviation of the problems ofLiterary, Artistic and Scientific dalits, exploited and backward classes)Accomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket and shooting, making friendsPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Iceland, Finland, Estonia and Denmark

Other Information President, (i) Students Union, LucknowUniversity,1990 and (ii) Students Body, U.P.Chhatra-Yuva Sangharsh Samiti formed duringstudents movement,1991; Vice-President,Students Union, Lucknow University, 1989;Representative, Faculty of Law, LucknowUniversity Students Union, 1987

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PATIL, SHRI BASAWARAJ[Bharatiya Janata Party - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Shri Ganpath Rao

Mother’s Name Shrimati Shankramma


Place of Birth Village Tarnalli, Distt. Gulbarga (Karnataka)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Baswalingamma

Educational Qualifications B.Sc. (Pt-I)Educated at Government Degree College,GulbargaHonorary Doctorate from Gulbarga University,2011

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer and Social Worker

Permanent Address Siddha Chethna, Vidhya Nagar, Sedam,Distt. Gulbarga - 585222 (Karnataka)Mobile: 9448476153E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address C-703, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23737833E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1990 - 96 Member, Karnataka Legislative Council1992 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Karnataka

Legislative Council1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha

Member, Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment and its Sub-Committee on ValuedBased EducationMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Urban Affairs and EmploymentMember, Joint Committee on the Empowermentof Women

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April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Industry

Member, Central Silk Board

Social and Cultural Activities, A well-known social worker in Karnataka; hasLiterary, Artistic and Scientific worked for total development through educationAccomplishments and other having focus on Nature; President, (i) KottalSpecial Interests Basweshwar Bharatiya Shikshana Samiti

(K.B.B.S.S.), Sedam (for 24 years), (ii) Bharath VikasSangam (for 6 years) and (iii) Vikas Academy since2011; awarded, ‘Rajya Prashasti’ for educationand social work


Other Information All India Co-ordinator of many educationalinstitutions; received the State Award for hiscontribution in the field of education and socialwork in 2009; organised ‘Kalburgi Kampu’, a tenday event with the objective of total change; theevent was a unique experiment of ‘Birth toDivinity’ which was attended by 10 lakh people

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PATIL, SMT. RAJANI[Indian National Congress - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shri Atmaram Bapu Patil

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Shantabai Patil




Spouse’s Name Shri Ashok Patil


Educational Qualifications B.A. (German Language)Educated at University of Pune, Pune,Maharashtra

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer, Trader and Industrialist

Permanent Address Shivneri, A/P Tal. - Kaij,Distt. Beed - 411123 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 02445 - 255201

Present Address 311, Maharashtra Sadan, Mandi House,New Delhi

Positions Held

1992 - 96 Member, Beed Zilla Parishad1996 - 98 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha2005 - 2008 Chairperson, Central Social Welfare Board,

New DelhiJan. 2013 Elected to Rajya SabhaMarch 2013 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs


Social and Cultural Activities, Interested in theatre, music, classical music;Literary, Artistic and Scientific Secretary of an educational institute which runsAccomplishments and other schools, colleges especially for girls in backwardSpecial Interests region

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Watching musical concerts, drama (MarathiPastimes and Recreation theatre) and travelling

Countries Visited Visited, U.S.A., to participate in Women’sConference at the United Nations representingIndia in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008; U.A.E., as amember of the Parliamentary Delegation in 1997;Malaysia, to attend a Women’s Conference in2007; South Africa, to participate in AfricanNational Congress Centenary Celebration in 2012and to participate in African National CongressWomen’s Delegation in 2011; China, as a memberof the Indian delegation for Beijing Olympic Gamesin 2008 and Australia, as a member of the Indiandelegation for Commonwealth Games in 2006

Other Information Belongs to the family of freedom fighters; Granddaughter of late Shri Hutatma Vishnu GaneshPingle, a freedom fighter and Founder Member of‘Gadar Movement’ who was hanged at Lahore in1915 by the British Government; her father was aveteran freedom fighter and a member of theCentral Legislative Assembly in 1937 and alsoelected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council;her mother was also a freedom fighter;Chairperson, (i) Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe PatilCo-operative Sugar Factory Ltd., Kaij since 1996,(ii) Mahila Aarthik Vikas Mahamandal, 2001-2005and (iii) Maharashtra State Khadi and VillageIndustries Board, 1983-86

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PILANIA, DR. GYAN PRAKASH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Rajasthan]

Father’s Name Shri Budh Ram

Mother’s Name Shrimati Gauri


Place of Birth Distt. Sri Ganga Nagar (Rajasthan)


Spouse’s Name Late Shrimati Vimal


Educational Qualifications LL.B., M.A. (History), M.A. (Hindi), Ph.D.(History), one year academic higher course inPublic Administration, Manchester University,Manchester (U.K.), Sahitya Ratan (Allahabad)

Educated at Law Faculty, Delhi University, NagpurUniversity, Bhagalpur University and RajasthanUniversity, Jaipur

Profession Civil Service, Writer, Social Worker

Permanent Address D-148A/2, Durga Marg, Bani Park,Jaipur-302016 (Rajasthan)Tel.: 2200144Mobile: 9868181166, 9413344505

Present Address C-403, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23712627Mobile : 9868181166E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

31 Jan.1988 - 21 Dec.1989 Director General of Police, Rajasthan21 Dec. 1989 - 18 Feb.1994 Member, Public Service Commission, RajasthanJune 2004 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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Aug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Joint Committee on Salaries andAllowances of Members of Parliament

Oct. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Water ResourcesAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Water ResourcesDec. 2004 - April 2008 Member, Rehabilitation Council of IndiaAug. 2005 - July 2006 Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentSept. 2005 - May 2006 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water

Conservation and ManagementApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008-May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Waterand Jan. 2010 onwards Conservation and ManagementDec. 2011 onwards President, India-Tunisia Parliamentary Friendship

Group

Books Published (i) Administration and Development, (ii) PanditJhabarmal Abhinandan Granth, (iii) Leadershipand (iv) Swai Jaisingh

Social and Cultural Activities, Chairman and Patron, Swami KeswanandLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Charitable Trust; has been leading a socialAccomplishments and other renaissance movement for the last 30 yearsSpecial Interests primarily aimed at the spread of literacy, social

reformation, eradication of social evils and politicalawakening on rural matters particularly farmers;regularly contributes articles to newspapers

Countries Visited U.K., U.S.A., Italy, France, Switzerland, Belgium,the Netherlands, Germany and Hong Kong

Other Information Joined the Indian Police Service (I.P.S.) in 1955and was allotted the Rajasthan Cadre, served asSuperintendent of Police, Deputy InspectorGeneral of Police (D.I.G.P.), Additional InspectorGeneral of Police and Director General of Police(D.G.P.), Rajasthan from 7 August 1955 -21 December 1989; held various posts like D.G.P.,Rajasthan; Director, Anti Corruption Bureau;Director General, Home Guards; Chairman,Rajasthan Road Transport Corporation; was ondeputation to the Government of India and heldthe posts of D.I.G.P., Delhi, D.I.G.P., CentralBureau of Investigation (C.B.I.). and Director,Vigilance (Ministry of Commerce), December 1972to October 1979; suffered a spinal fracture in aroad accident due to which he is now physicallyhandicapped (traumatic paraplegic) and moveson a wheel chair

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PRADHAN, SHRI DHARMENDRA[Bharatiya Janata Party - Bihar]

Father’s Name Dr. Debendra Pradhan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Basanta Manjari Pradhan


Place of Birth Talcher, Distt. Angul (Odisha)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Mridula T. Pradhan


Educational Qualifications M.A. (Anthropology)Educated at Talcher College, Odisha and UtkalUniversity, Bhubaneswar, Odisha


Permanent Address Deendayal Nagar, Talcher,Angul-759100 (Odisha)

Present Address 11, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

2000 - 2004 Member, Odisha Legislative Assembly2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok SabhaApril 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to examinematters relating to allocation and pricing oftelecom licences and spectrum

May - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentAug. 2012 onwards Memberm Committee on Agriculture

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Social and Cultural Activities, Has been working on several issues concerningLiterary, Artistic and Scientific the youth, such as unemployment and lack ofAccomplishments and other skill-based education, rehabilitation andSpecial Interests resettlement of farmers, displaced persons and

other backward classes; has played a major rolein mobilising the youth in politics and activelyworking to create better leaders for tomorrow;reading books on History and Politics; trackingthe changing social trends

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Spending time with familyPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Visited, (i) Brussels (Belgium), to attend the W.T.O.Meet, 2004, (ii) U.S.A., to attend the InternationalVisitors Programme, 2005, (iii) Moscow (Russia),to attend the European and Asian JointParliamentarians Convention for CampaignAgainst HIV, 2006, (iv) U.S.A., to attend the India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Programme, 2007and (v) U.S.A., to attend the Exchange Initiativebetween the Bharatiya Janata Party and theInternational Republican Institute, 2011

Other Information Started as an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(A.B.V.P.) activist in the year 1983; was electedPresident, Talcher College Students’ Union, 1985;was actively involved in student and youthmovements throughout Odisha; was Secretary,A.B.V.P.; National Secretary, (i) A.B.V.P., 1995,(ii) B.J.P., 2002 and (iii) Bharatiya Janata YuvaMorcha, (B.J.Y.M.), 2006; President, B.J.Y.M.,Odisha, 2001; as President, B.J.Y.M., successfullycampaigned on the issue of religion-basedreservations and other related issues; PartyIn-charge, (i) B.J.P., Tripura, 2004 and (ii) B.J.P.,Chhattisgarh, 2008; National President, B.J.Y.M.,2004; National General Secretary, B.J.P., 2010;was Election In-charge of Bihar State;Organisational In-charge of party affairs in thestates of Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand andOdisha; awarded, Best Legislator Award, theUtkalmani Gopabandhu Pratibha Samman,2002-2003

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PRADHAN, SMT. RENUBALA[Biju Janata Dal - Odisha]

Father’s Name Late Shri Goura Chandra PradhanMother’s Name Shrimati Nirupama PradhanDate of Birth 10 May 1964Place of Birth Takarada, Distt. Ganjam (Odisha)Marital Status Married on 17 February 1983Spouse’s Name Late Shri Rajendra Nath PradhanChildren One son and one daughterEducational Qualifications Matric

Educated at Mahatma Gandhi High School,Sheragada, Distt. Ganjam, Odisha


Permanent Address (i) Village Khandadeuli, P.O. Kansamari,Via Pudamari, Distt. Ganjam (Odisha)

(ii) Bramha Nagar, III-Lane, Berhampur-I,Distt. Ganjam-760001(Odisha)Tel.: 0680 - 2119347Mobile: 9437490047

Present Address 186, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23092047Mobile : 9868181047E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1997 - 2002 President, Zilla Parishad, Distt. Ganjam, Odisha2002 - 2007 Member, Zilla Parishad, Distt. Ganjam, OdishaApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on LabourAug. 2009 onwardsMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Food Management in

Parliament House ComplexMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Railways

July 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Agriculture

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Social and Cultural Activities, Helping poor women and farmersLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Social service, reading and rural developmentPastimes and Recreation activities

Countries Visited Nepal, U.S.A., Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile

Other Information State Secretary, Biju Janata Dal, Odisha,1999-2002; Chairman, Integrated ChildDevelopment Scheme (ICDS), District LevelCommittee, Distt. Ganjam, Odisha, 2002 - 2007;Member, (i) Solar Advisory Committee, Distt.Ganjam, Odisha, 2003-2008 and (ii) State SocialWelfare Board, Odisha, 2004-2006 and2006-2008; Vice-President, India-Sri LankaParliamentary Friendship Group

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PRASAD, SHRI RAVI SHANKAR[Bharatiya Janata Party - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Thakur Prasad

Mother’s Name Shrimati Bimla Prasad




Spouse’s Name Dr. (Shrimati) Maya Shankar


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Political Science), LL.B.Educated at Patna University


Permanent Address 42, East Boring Road, Patna-800001 (Bihar)Tel.: 0612-2531635

Present Address 21, Mother Teresa Crescent, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23793228Fax: 23793691Mobile: 9868181730E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2000 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2000 - 2001 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals1 Sept. 2001 - 29 Jan. 2003 Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal and Mines1 July 2002 - 29 Jan. 2003 Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice

(Additional Charge)29 Jan. 2003 - May 2004 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Information and BroadcastingMay 2000 - Aug. 2001 and Member, Committee on RulesJuly 2004 - Aug. 2006Aug. 2004 - 2006 Member, Committee on Human Resource

Development

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Sept. 2004 - April 2006 Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme (Rajya Sabha)

Oct. 2004 - 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Finance

Nov. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Sub-Committee on University and HigherEducation of the Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

April 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)Aug. 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Information TechnologyAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011Sept. 2006 onwards Member, Committee of PrivilegesSept. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of External AffairsAug. 2009 - 2012 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of FinanceOct. 2009 - April 2012 Member, Executive Council of the Institute of

Constitutional and Parliamentary StudiesDec. 2009 - Nov. 2011 Member, Library CommitteeAug. 2010 - April 2012 Member, Court of the University of DelhiMarch 2011 onwards Member, JPC to examine matters relating to


April 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)May 2012 onwards Member, Committee on FinanceAug. 2012 onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Offices of ProfitDec. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Ethics

Books Published Has written many articles on contemporary legaland constitutional issues, which have beenpublished in leading newspapers like The Timesof India, Hindustan Times, The Statesman, ThePioneer, Hindustan and Dainik Jagran, etc.

Social and Cultural Activities, Has been a civil liberty and human rightsLiterary, Artistic and Scientific activist; a keen debator and achieved regularAccomplishments and other distinction in debating at the state and theSpecial Interests national level

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Played table tennis in university levelPastimes and Recreation tournaments; Member, (i) Bankipur Club, (ii) Patna

Golf Club and (iii) Delhi Golf Club; keen interestin classical Indian music, travelling and readinghistorical, biographical and legal literature

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Countries Visited Widely travelled; represented India in theCommonwealth Law Ministers’ Conference inSt. Vincent, West Indies in 2002; Durban (SouthAfrica), as leader of the Indian Delegation in theNon-aligned Meet in April 2002 and Ramallah(Israel) to meet the Palestinian leader, lateShri Yasser Arafat, as Indian representative of theNAM Ministerial delegation to express solidaritywith him; Yugoslavia, as an Observer to overseethe elections there; Canada, to attendCommonwealth Parliamentary Conference in 2004;Pakistan, to attend South Asia Free MediaAssociation Parliamentary Conference in 2005;New York, U.S.A., as member of Indian delegationto attend the 61st U.N. General Assembly inOctober 2006

Other Information Led the student movement in Bihar under theleadership of Shri Jai Prakash Narayan and wasimprisoned during the Emergency; was associatedwith Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (A.B.V.P.)for many years and held various posts in theorganization; as a lawyer, championed the causesof ‘eradication of corruption’ and ‘civil liberty’;specialized in writ, constitutional, civil service andcriminal matters; has been a practising lawyer inthe Patna High Court since February 1980;designated Senior Advocate by the full bench ofthe Patna High Court; has also appeared in theSupreme Court of India for a variety of cases; wasSenior Counsel, Bihar Banking ServiceRecruitment Board; as a Minister, championed thecause of economic reforms; has appearedfrequently on television in international andnational channels to participate in discussionson issues of topical interest; was GeneralSecretary of the Peoples Union for Civil Liberty(P.U.C.L.), Bihar; was Secretary, Patna High CourtAdvocates Association; National Convenor,B.J.P. Legal Cell, 2001-2002; was Member, CentralDisciplinary Committee, B.J.P.; was Director, StateBank of India, Bihar Local Board; Member,National Executive Committee, B.J.P.; NationalSpokesperson, B.J.P. since March 2006

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PUNJ, SHRI BALBIR [Bharatiya Janata Party - Odisha]

Father’s Name Late Shri Surendra Mohan Punj

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kaushalya Devi


Place of Birth Lalowal, Distt. Gurdaspur (Punjab)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Shashi Bala Punj


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.) EconomicsEducated at Rajdhani College, Delhi University,Delhi


Permanent Address A-55, Sector-17, NOIDA-201301(Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0120-2512071Fax: 0120-2512972E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 32, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New DelhiMobile: 9811129994, 9868181390, 9868181490E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

2002 - 2004 Chairman, National Commission for Youth,Government of India

April 2000 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on External AffairsJuly 2009 onwards Member, Committee of PrivilegesAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Communications and InformationTechnology

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May 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-II to examine thefunctioning of CGHS of the Committee on Healthand Family Welfare

Sept. 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-III on Draft Reports of theCommittee on Health and Family Welfare

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)Member, Committee on External Affairs

Social and Cultural Activities, Regularly contributes in many national news-Literary, Artistic and Scientific papers and magazinesAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Countries Visited U.S.A., Canada, France, Malaysia, Iraq, China,Switzerland, U.K. and Pakistan as a delegate ofthe South Asian Free Media Association in 2005

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RAI, SMT. KUSUM[Bharatiya Janata Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Mahattam Rai

Mother’s Name Shrimati Suryamati Devi


Place of Birth Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shri Rajesh Rai


Educational Qualifications Intermediate


Permanent Address E.D.-I, Rajaji Puram,Lucknow-226017 (Uttar Pradesh)Tel. : 0522-2235678Telefax : 0522-2235678Mobile : 09415209898

Present Address C- 704, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Mobile : 09868181107, 09868181968

Positions Held

Nov. 1995 - Nov. 2000 Councillor, Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam),Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

May 1999 - June 1999 Chairperson, Uttar Pradesh Social WelfareAdvisory Board (Cabinet Minister rank),Government of Uttar Pradesh

Nov. 1999 - Dec. 1999 Chairperson, State Commission for Women(Cabinet Minister rank), Government of UttarPradesh

Feb. 2003 - Nov. 2008 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative CouncilMarch 2003 - March 2004 Leader of the House, Rashtriya Kranti Party,

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

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Oct. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Minister, Public Works Department, Governmentof Uttar Pradesh

Nov. 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaNov. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentDec. 2008 - Dec. 2011 Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim UniversityJuly 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Agriculture Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on IndustryAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on RailwaysMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas

Social and Cultural Activities, As an active worker of the Rashtra SewikaLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Samiti, played an important role in awakeningAccomplishments and other nationalist feelings in women; as ManagingSpecial Interests Trustee of the Mahattam Rai Sewa Trust,

organised various programmes to serve the poor,the orphans and the aged; construction of thecow-sheds; worked for the cause of religion andenvironment

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Travel and tourism; nature-lover; watching snow-Pastimes and Recreation covered peaks of the Himalayas

Countries Visited Nepal, Thailand and Hong Kong

Other Information Associated with the Rashtra Sewika Samiti, womenwing of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh since1985; worked for spreading the branches of theSewika Samiti in Lucknow; actively participatedin the Ram Janmabhoomi Mukti Andolan; resolvedto construct temple in Ayodhya as Kar Sewak;National Vice-President, Bharatiya JanataParty Mahila Morcha for four years; StateGeneral Secretary, Rashtriya Kranti Party,Uttar Pradesh for two years; previously associatedwith the Rashtriya Kranti Party

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RAJA, SHRI D.[Communist Party of India - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri P. Doraisamy

Mother’s Name Shrimati Nayagam


Place of Birth Chithathoor, Distt. Vellore (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Aniamma alias Annie Raja


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., B.Ed.Educated at G.T.M. College, Gudiyattam, Distt.Vellore, affiliated to University of Madras, Chennaiand Government Teachers College, affiliated toUniversity of Madras, Chennai


Permanent Address Balan Illam, No.19, Chevaliae Sivaji Ganesan Road,(South Boag Road), Theagaraya Nagar,Chennai - 600017Tel.: 044 - 24343004, 24336611 (O)Fax: 044 - 24337338

Present Address 303, 309 and 310, V.P. House, Rafi Marg,New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 011- 23317230 (R), 23235099, 23235058 (O)Fax : 011 - 23235543E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

July 2007 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2007 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Human Resource Development

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May 2008 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee onSecurity Matters in Parliament House ComplexMember, Committee on Rules

June 2008 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeJuly 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global WarmingJan. 2010 onwards and Climate ChangeJuly 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on EthicsAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled TribesMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof External AffairsPermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment

Oct. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Food Managementin Parliament House Complex

Dec. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Select Committee to examine theCommercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009

Nov. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)

April 2011 onwards Member, Sub-Committee to examine variousprovisions of the Enemy Property (Amendment& Validation) Second Bill, 2010 of the Committeeon Home Affairs

May 2012 onwards Member, Business Advisory CommitteeAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareJuly 2013 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Books Published (i) Dalit Question, 2007 and (ii) The Way Forward:Fight Against Unemployment, a booklet onunemployment; has written a number of articles(in Tamil and English) on various political andsocial issues in various journals

Social and Cultural Activities, During college days took part in inter-collegiateLiterary, Artistic and Scientific debates both in English and Tamil; has won prizesAccomplishments and other in essay writing and elocution competitions inSpecial Interests school and college; worked with agricultural

workers and the Tamil Nadu Cultural Association;active in peace and friendship movement

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading booksPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Erstwhile Soviet Union, U.S.A., France, Portugal,Belgium, U.K., East Germany, Holland, erstwhileCzechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Mongolia,Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Cuba, China,

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Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (NorthKorea), Algeria, Greece, Cyprus, U.A.E., Kuwaitand Syria

Other Information National Secretary, Communist Party of India(CPI) since 1994; General Secretary, All IndiaYouth Federation, 1985-90; was State Secretary(Tamil Nadu), All India Youth Federation,1975-80; his parents were landless agriculturalworkers; he was the first graduate in his village

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RAJAN, SHRI AMBETH[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Rajangam

Mother’s Name Shrimati Govindammal


Place of Birth Mayiladuthurai, Distt. Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Kasthuri

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.Sc. IIEducated at AVC College, Mayiladuthurai,Tamil Nadu


Permanent Address C-9/9524, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070Mobile: 9868222333, 9250056789E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address C-1/12, Humayun Road, New Delhi-110001Fax: 011-24623440Mobile: 9868222333, 9250056789E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions HeldSept. 2007 Elected to Rajya SabhaDec. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Empowerment of WomenSept. 2009 onwardsDec. 2008 - May 2009 Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative

Committee for the Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Rural Development

Jan. 2009 - Nov. 2010 Member, Committee on Provision of ComputerEquipment to Members of Rajya Sabha

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Feb. 2009 - May 2010 Member, Committee on Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes

Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on RailwaysMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil AviationPermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Information andBroadcasting

Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on PetitionsJuly 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)Feb. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and

Public HealthMember, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warmingand Climate Change

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on WaterConservation and Management

Books Published (i) New Hope, published in 1990 and (ii) MyBahujan Samaj Party, 1992

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder, Thalainagar Tamil Sangam, New Delhi;Literary, Artistic and Scientific to provide help to Tamilians and South IndiansAccomplishments and other in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR)Special Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Writing articles and booksPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.K.

Other Information National Treasurer, Bahujan Samaj Party

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RAJARAM, SHRI[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Shyam Karan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kushma Devi


Place of Birth Lalganj, Distt. Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)


Educational Qualifications Post GraduateEducated at Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi


Permanent Address Village Bharpur Pichhwar, Post Sihukaabirpur,Distt. Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0546-3237577

Present Address 67, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23795223Mobile: 9868181577

Positions Held

May 2003 - Nov. 2008 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative CouncilNov. 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2009 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on LabourAug. 2009 onwardsAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of Chemicals and FertilizersSept. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Petitions

Other Information National Vice-President, B.S.P.

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RAJEEVE, SHRI P.[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Kerala]

Father’s Name Late Shri P. Vasudevan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Radha Vasudevan


Place of Birth Meladoor, Distt. Trichur (Kerala)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vani Kesari A.


Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B., Diploma in Chemical EngineeringEducated at St. Pauls College, Kalamassery, Govt.Law College, Ernakulum and Govt. Polytechnic,Kalamassery

Profession Political Worker

Permanent Address XVIII, B/104B, Kilikkoodu Thirunillath Road,Cochin University, P.O. Kochi-22 (Kerala)Tel. : 0484-2543744Mobile : 09447073744E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 223, V.P. House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 011-23708155Mobile : 9868181744E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Information TechnologyDec. 2009 onwards Member, Coir BoardDec. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Select Committee to examine the

Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009April 2010 - Sept. 2010 Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances

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April 2010 - Oct. 2010 Member, General Purposes CommitteeJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Law and JusticeSept. - Dec. 2010 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesDec. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on PetitionsMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Finance

Books Published In Malayalam: (i) Aagolavalkarona KalatheCampus, 2000, (ii) Vivadhangalile Vedhiyanagar,2004, (iii) 1957- Charithran Varthananam (ed.),2007 and (iv) Kazhchavattom, 2012

Social and Cultural Activities, Awarded, Pandhalam Keralavarma Award for BestLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Editorial in Malayalam, 2007; Chief Editor,Accomplishments and other ‘Researcher’, 1998-2000; Editor, ‘Student’Special Interests (monthly), 1998-2000; Editorial Member,

‘Yuvadhara’ (monthly), 2000-2002; ResidentEditor, Deshabhimani (daily) since 2002


Countries Visited Cuba, to attend the World Student and YouthFestival, 1997; U.K., as a member of media teamalong with the Prime Minister of India, 2005; Brazil,Cuba and Germany as a member of the media teamalong with the Prime Minister of India, 2006; Oman,U.S.A., South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Swedenand Denmark, as a member of delegation led bythe Hon. Speaker, Lok Sabha, Pakistan, U.A.E.and Saudi Arabia

Other Information President, (i) Cochin International StaffFederation, (ii) Carbovandum Employees Union,CITU; All India Vice-President, SFI, 2000; StateSecretary, SFI, 1998 - 2000; District Secretary,DYFI, 2001- 2002; District Joint Secretary,CITU, Ernakulam, 2000 - 2002; Member, (i) Mediateam of the Prime Minister of India to the G-8Summit, NAM and IBSA, (ii) Board of Studies,Deptt. of Journalism, University of Calicut and(iii) Accreditation Committee (Press), Governmentof Kerala

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RAM PRAKASH, DR.[Indian National Congress - Haryana]

Father’s Name Late Shri Prabhu Dayal

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Shanti Devi


Place of Birth Village Tangore, Distt. Kurukshetra (Haryana)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vijay Ramprakash

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications M.Sc.(Hons.), Ph.D. in Chemistry, UNESCOCourse in Analytical Chemistry, D.Sc. (Honoriscausa)Educated at D.A.V. College, Ambala City, PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh, Charles University,Prague (Praha) and Heyrovsky Institute ofPolarography, Prague (Praha), Czechoslovakia

Profession Professor of Chemistry (now retired),Educationist and Author

Permanent Address 1634-35, Sector-13, Urban Estate, Kurukshetra(Haryana)Tel.: 01744-228008Mobile: 09416037571E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 102, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi -110001Mobile: 9868181571E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held1991 - 96 Member, Haryana Vidhan Sabha1991 - 93 State Minister for Science, Technology and

Electronics, Government of HaryanaMarch 2007 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2007 - April 2008 Member, Committee on Rural Development

Member, Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Human Resource Development

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April 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2011 Member, Hindi Shiksha SamitiAug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Human Resource DevelopmentSept. 2009 onwards Member, Library CommitteeMarch 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Official LanguageMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward

ClassesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas

Books Published (i) Veda-Vimarsh, (ii) Yajna-Vimarsh, (iii) PanditGuru Datta Vidyarthi, (iv) Guru Virjanand Dandi,and (v) Satyarthprakash-Vimarsh (all in Hindi);The Vedas (in English) ; edited, (i) Pandit GuruDatta Vidyarthi by Lala Lajpat Rai, (ii) Works ofPandit Guru Datta Vidyarthi (both in English) and(iii) Dandi ji ki Jeevani (Hindi)

Social and Cultural Activities, Member, (i) Panjab University, Senate, Syndicate,Literary, Artistic and Scientific Academic Council and various faculties, forAccomplishments and other decades, (ii) The National Academy of Sciences,Special Interests India, Allahabad and (iii) The Electro - Chemical

Society of India, Bangalore; Fellow, IndianChemical Society, Calcutta; UNESCO Fellow inPrague (Czechoslovakia) 1971-72, FulbrightScholar, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1989;specialisation in Electroanalytical Chemistry andInorganic Chemistry; published 93 researchPapers; supervised about 20 M.Phil./Ph.D. thesis;involved in social work; organised campaign forbuilding public opinion against female foeticideand for the welfare of lepers; believer in Vedicphilosophy as propounded by Rishi DayanandSaraswati

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading and writingPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Germany, U.K.,Canada, U.S.A., France, Austria, Hungary,Yugoslavia, Romania, the Netherlands, Belgium,Mauritius, Kenya and Thailand

Other Information Lecturer, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1966;Reader, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1974;Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh,1984-2002; Fellow, Panjab University Senate,

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Chandigarh, 1972-2000; President, (i) PanjabUniversity Teachers’ Association, Chandigarh,1974-76, (ii) Harijan Sewak Sangh, Haryana andPunjab, March 1982-83, (iii) Arya Siksha Samiti,Kurukshetra since 1997 and (iv) DayanandMahila Mahavidyalaya, Kurukshetra since 1998;Chairman, College and University Teachers’Associations of Punjab and Chandigarh,1975-76; Pro-Vice Chancellor, KurukshetraUniversity, Kurukshetra, 1981-84; Convenor, HaryanaPradesh Congress Committee Backward ClassesCell, August 1970; Member Executive, HaryanaPradesh Congress Committee, February 1986;President and General Secretary, HaryanaPradesh Congress Committee, 1997-2002;Working President, Haryana Pradesh CongressCommittee, October 2005 - July 2007; FounderMember, MDAV High School, Sector 22,Chandigarh; Member, (i) All India CongressCommittee, 1992-95 and since 2001, (ii) Senateand Academic Council of Gurukul KangriUniversty, Haridwar and (iii) KurukshetraUniversity Court and Executive Council for severalyears; Founder President, (i) Prabhu DayalEducational Trust, Kurukshetra, since March 2007and (ii) Prabhu Dayal Polytechnic, Barna,Kurukshetra, since 2008; attended, Satyarth-Prakash Centenary Celebrations, MGI Moka,Mauritius, 1998 and Arya Samaj Sammelan inChicago, U.S.A., 2000; actively involved inArya Samaj movement for the last 50 years;General President, (i) Arya Samaj SthapnaCentenary Celebrations (InternationalConference), December 2003 and (ii) Arya SamajSthapna Centenary Celebrations (InternationalConference) Nairobi, April 2004; awarded,(i) Haryana Ratna by the Governor of Haryana onbehalf of the All India Council of Intellectuals,(ii) Dharmnand-Arya Bhikshu Award, 2000 forliterary contributions, (iii) Ghoormal PrahladKumar Literary Award, 2003, (iv) Ved-VedangAward Arya Samaj, Mumbai, 2009, (v) Arya VidvettAward Gurukul Jhajjar, 2010 and (vi) MaharshiDayananda Award, Bhubaneswar, 2010

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RAMALINGAM, DR. K.P.[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri K.C. Palaniappa Gounder

Mother’s Name Shrimati P. Annapoorani


Place of Birth Kalipatti, Distt. Namakkal (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati R. Saraswathi


Educational Qualifications B.V.Sc.Educated at Madras Veterinary College,Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Profession Agriculturist, Veterinarian, Business

Permanent Address 175, Koneripatty, Ext. II, Rasipuram,Distt. Namakkal-637408 (Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 04287-224244, 223456 (R)

044-24510240 (O)Fax: 04287-224244Mobile: 9443264244

Present Address 133-134, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23093634Mobile: 9013181244E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1980 - 84 and 1984 - 87 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly1982 Chairman, Estimates Committee, Tamil Nadu

Legislative Assembly1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok SabhaJune 2010 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on External AffairsSept. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of AgricultureSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

Social and Cultural Activities, Deeply interested in promoting agriculture andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific farmers welfareAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Deeply interested in football and kabaddi;Pastimes and Recreation reading and cinema

Countries Visited Visited, (i) Nicaragua, to participate in theInternational Conference of World UniversityStudents, 1979, (ii) U.S.A., to attend the WorldUniversity Students Conference, 1982,(iii) London, to attend the CommonwealthConference, 1983, (iv) Russia, to attend the WorldYouth Conference, 1984, (v) Yugoslavia, to attendthe World Peace Conference, 1986, (vi) Chicago(U.S.A.), as a member of the ParliamentaryDelegation, 1996 and (vii) Israel, as arepresentative of the Agricultural Committee toattend the Conference of Modern Developmentin Agriculture, 2009

Other Information Conducted, (i) All India Cattle Show, Chennai,1978, (ii) Rally for waiver of agricultural loansissued by co-operative sector of Tamil Nadu and(iii) State-level agitations for provision of freeelectricity for farmers, 2002; Chairman, (i) Inter-Collegiate Students Association, 1978-79, (ii) AllFarmers Federation, Tamil Nadu, 1998-2010, and(iii) Tamil Nadu Agricultural Welfare Board,2009-2010; elected Indian National Secretary,World University Students Association, 1979;Member, Board of Tamil Nadu AgriculturalUniversity, Coimbatore, 2007-2010

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RAMESH, SHRI C.M.[Telugu Desam Party - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Muniswamy Naidu

Mother’s Name Shrimati Rathnamma


Place of Birth Potladurthi, Distt. Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati C.R. Sridevi

Children Two sons

Profession Business

Permanent Address Plot No. 1308, Road No. 65, Jubilee Hills,Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)Tel.: 040-23453333Fax : 040-23335333E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address No. 4, Ground Floor, Munirka Marg, Vasant Vihar,New Delhi-110057Tel. : 011-26144333Mobile : 9868933333E-mail : [email protected]

Positions HeldApril 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Coal and SteelAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Defence

Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme

Social and Cultural Activities, As the Founder of CMSN Trust, involved inLiterary, Artistic and Scientific paying special attention to upliftment of theAccomplishments and other economically weaker sections of the society; gotSpecial Interests 300 houses constructed for donation to the poor

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families; conducted many medical camps for thebenefit of the poor; provided sanitation anddrinking water infrastructure also by way of theRO plants; provided financial help to the needystudents to pursue school and higher educationall over the State of Andhra Pradesh

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket and badmintonPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.A., Germany, Italy, U.K., Austria, China, HongKong, Scotland, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Yemen,Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Canadaand Switzerland

Other Information Vice-President, Telugu Desam Party, June 2010

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RAMESH, SHRI JAIRAM[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri C.K. Ramesh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Sridevi Ramesh


Place of Birth Chikmagalur (Karnataka)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati K.R. Jayashree

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.Tech., M.S. and Graduate StudyEducated at I.I.T., Bombay, Carnegie MellonUniversity, U.S.A. and M.I.T., U.S.A.

Profession Economist

Permanent Address “Jayram” 6-3-862/3, Sahat Manzil, Ameerpet,Hyderabad - 500016 (Andhra Pradesh)

Present Address C-I/9, Lodhi Garden, Rajesh Pilot Marg,New Delhi - 110003Tel.: 24632288Mobile: 9868181302E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held2000 - 2002 Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board,

Government of KarnatakaJune 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Committee on Finance

Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Committee on Public AccountsMember, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University

Oct. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Finance

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31 Jan. 2006 - 25 Feb. 2009 Minister of State in the Department of Commerce,Ministry of Commerce and Industry

6 April 2008 - 25 Feb. 2009 Minister of State in the Ministry of Power28 May 2009 - 12 July 2011 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Environment and ForestsJune 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha12 July 2011 onwards Minister of Rural Development13 July 2011 - 28 Oct. 2012 Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation

(Additional Charge)

Books Published (i) Mobilising Technology for WorldDevelopment (Co-editor), 1979 and (ii) KautilyaToday, 2002

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading and musicPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.A. and China

Other Information Associated with various public organizations inIndia and abroad; has received the DistinguishedAlumnus Award from the IIT, Bombay; has specialinterest in China; Honorary Fellow of the Instituteof Chinese Studies, New Delhi since 2002; hasworked in the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministryof Finance, Ministry of Industry, PlanningCommission, Advisory Board on Energy andother government departments at senior levelsduring 1980-98; Office bearer of the All IndiaCongress Committee (A.I.C.C.), 1998-2003; servedon the Economic Development Council ofRajasthan, 1999-2003; has been a columnist forBusiness Standard, Business Today, TheTelegraph, Times of India and India Today

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RANGARAJAN, SHRI T. K.[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri T. S. Kalyanam

Mother’s Name Shrimati T. K. Kamalam


Place of Birth Madurai (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vijaya Rangarajan

Children Two sons

Profession Trade Unionist

Permanent Address 23/2 Ramanujam Street, T. Nagar,Chennai - 600017 (Tamil Nadu)E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Present Address 316, 415, 422, V.P. House, Rafi Marg,New Delhi-110001Mobile: 9868181767E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Coal and SteelMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2009 onwards of Commerce and IndustryAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on DefenceDec. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

ManagementMay 2012 onwards Member, House Committee

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Interested in cricket; Member, TNCA Club,Pastimes and Recreation Chennai; reading books

Countries Visited Erstwhile Czechoslovakia, China, Egypt, Greece,France, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Sri Lanka,U.K., U.S.A. and Portugal

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RANGASAYEE RAMAKRISHNA, SHRI[Bharatiya Janata Party - Karnataka]

Father’s Name Shri P.K. Rangasayee

Mother’s Name Shrimati Savitri


Place of Birth Chidambaram, Distt. Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Dr. Shantha Ramakrishna


Educational Qualifications M.A. (Economics), B.L.Educated at Sri Ramakrishna Mission HighSchool, Chennai, Loyola College, MadrasUniversity and Madras Law College, MadrasUniversity, Chennai

Profession Civil Service, Advocate, Political Activist

Permanent Address 5/10, Sterling Apartments, Sterling Road,Chennai-600034 (Tamil Nadu)

Present Address 90, Anupam Apartments, M.B. Road,New Delhi-110068Mobile: 9899338889, 9013181934E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Commerce

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) India International Centre, New DelhiPastimes and Recreation and (ii) International Centre, Goa

Countries Visited U.S.A., China, Japan, Singapore, U.K., France,Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Australia,Sweden, Poland, Hong Kong, Egypt, Turkey,Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Japan,

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Malaysia, Canada and Denmark in connectionwith discharging responsibilities in the civilservice; visited China, as a member of BharatiyaJanata Party’s delegation led by late Shri BhaironSingh Shekhawat

Other Information Joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1957;served in different positions till retirement in 1992;served as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Jhansi/Lalitpur, Vikas Adhikari, Panchayat Samiti,Gangapur and Collector and District Magistrate,Dungarpur, Bikaner, Alwar and Jaipur, worked invarious senior assignments in his Cadre State(Rajasthan) as Finance Secretary, Secretary, UrbanDevelopment, Forest & Environment, Irrigation,Development Commissioner and Home Secretary;served in the Central Government mainly in theMinistries of Finance, Shipping, Commerce,Industrial Development, International Trade,Textiles, Trade Development Authority and duringthe IXth Asian Games; Chairman/ManagingDirector, National Textile Corporation; has alsoworked in the Economic Commission for Europein the early seventies; was Consultant to G.A.T.T.(W.T.O.) and U.N.C.T.A.D. in the late eighties;Active Member, B.J.P. since 1995; Co-convener,Economic Cell, B.J.P., 1995-2000; NationalConvener, Election Cell, B.J.P. since 1998;Permanent Invitee, National Executive, B.J.P.

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RAO, DR. K.V. P. RAMACHANDRA[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri K.V.N. Satyannarayana Rao

Mother’s Name Shrimati K. Sita Devi


Place of Birth Ampapuram, Distt. Krishna (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Kotagiri Suneetha

Children One son

Educational Qualifications M.B.B.S.Educated at Rangaraya Medical College,Kakinada, Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh

Profession Public Service

Permanent Address 8-2-544/1A, Sri Durga Palm Springs, Road No.-7,Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500034 (Andhra Pradesh)Tel.: 040-23357513 (R)Fax: 040-23354271E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 10, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 24644656Fax: 24642528E-mail :[email protected]

Positions Held

May 2004 - March 2008 Advisor to Government of Andhra Pradesh onPublic Affairs (Cabinet Minister Status)

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on FinanceAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011Aug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2009 onwards of Health and Family WelfareJuly 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, National Shipping BoardAug. 2012 onwards Member Committee on Agriculture

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Table tennis; Member, Nizam ClubPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.A. and U.A.E.

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RAO, SHRI V. HANUMANTHA[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri V. Laxmaiah

Mother’s Name Shrimati Rangamma


Place of Birth Amberpet, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati V. Chandrakala


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Osmania University, Hyderabad

Permanent Address H.No. 2-2-185/56/14B, Bagh Amberpet,Hyderabad-500013 (Andhra Pradesh)Tel.: 040-27408215, 27406823

Present Address 11, Janpath, New DelhiTel.: 23795254Mobile: 9868181134E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1980 - 84 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council1982 - 83 Minister for Backward Classes and Tribal Welfare,

Government of Andhra Pradesh1989 - 92 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly1989 - 90 Minister for Sports & Youth Services, Government

of Andhra PradeshApril 1992 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - May 2008 Member, House CommitteeAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on EnergyOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Coal

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Aug. 2005 - 2008 Member, Central Advisory Committee for theNational Cadet Corps

Aug. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersFeb. 2008 - May 2009 Convenor, Sub-Committee of the House

CommitteeApril 2008 - May 2009 Convenor, Sub-Committee of General Purposes

CommitteeJune 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2008 - May 2009 Chairman, Committee on IndustryAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on CommerceJune 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Petroleum and Natural GasMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee for Welfare of Other Backward

ClassesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

Culture

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Interest in volleyball, cricket and table tennisPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Moscow (Russia), U.S.A., London (U.K.),Mongolia and China

Other Information General Secretary, (i) Andhra Pradesh State YouthCongress, 1974-78 and (ii) Andhra PradeshCongress Committee (A.P.C.C.), 1988-89;President, Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress,1979-83; Joint Secretary, A.P.C.C., 1985-88

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RAPOLU, SHRI ANANDA BHASKAR[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Rajaram

Mother’s Name Shrimati Somanarsamma




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Saroja


Educational Qualifications M.A. (Sociology)Educated at C.K.M. College, Warangal and OsmaniaUniversity, Hyderabad

Profession Journalism

Permanent Address Kodakandla, Distt. Warangal-506222(Andhra Pradesh)Tel.: 040-24602484E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 18, Meena Bagh, Opposite Nirman Bhawan,Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi-110011Mobile : 9013181393E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on IndustrySept. 2012 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to examine

matters relating to allocation and pricing oftelecom licences and spectrum

Books Published In Telugu, (i) Indira Gandhi, 1984, (ii) AugustSamxobham, 1984 and (iii) Journalism Charitra-Vyastha, 1988

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Social and Cultural Activities, Founder Patron, Somanadha Kala Peetam,Literary, Artistic and Scientific Palakurthy, Distt. WarangalAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Other Information Associated with the (i) Indian National Congresssince 1994 and (ii) Andhra Pradesh CongressCommittee (APCC) since 1995; developed trainingmodules with an emphasis on personalitydevelopment of workers; involved in river water,agrarian and regional agitations; worked for theupliftment of weavers and artisans; conductedbrain storming sessions, constituted studygroups; involved with several committees at thedistrict level; Secretary In-charge, Cadre TrainingProgrammes; General Secretary, Andhra PradeshCongress Committee; Member Secretary, APCCManifesto Committee for 2004 General Elections;Member, All India Congress Committee

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RASHTRAPAL, SHRI PRAVEEN[Indian National Congress - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Shri Somabhai

Mother’s Name Shrimati Valiben


Place of Birth Muwada, Distt. Gandhinagar (Gujarat)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Jaya


Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at Siddharth College, Mumbai

Profession Civil Service and Trade Unionist

Permanent Address B-1, Khemani Chamber, Shahpur,Ahmedabad - 380001 (Gujarat)Telefax: 25505473

Present Address No. 93-94, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23795260, 23795261Mobile: 9868181939E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldOct. 1999 - Feb. 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok SabhaApril 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2006 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Information TechnologyAug. 2006 - July 2007 Member, Central Advisory Board of EducationSept. 2006 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and

EmpowermentMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on the Welfare ofScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

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Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on RulesDec. 2009 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on LabourMarch 2011 onwards Member, JPC to examine matters relating to


Aug. 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on FinanceOct. 2012 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on

Security in Parliament House Complex

Books Published The Betrayal, 2003; in Gujarati, (i) WorshippingFalse God (A Review), 2003, (ii) Socialism,Binsampraday and Samanta, 2003, (iii) SadakThi Sansad, 2004 and (iv) NISBAT-Collection ofarticles

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder Member, (i) Council for Social JusticeLiterary, Artistic and Scientific and (ii) Foundation for Dalit literature; Member,Accomplishments and other (i) People’s Union of Civil Liberties (P.U.C.L.)Special Interests and (ii) Indian Institute of Public Administration

(I.I.P.A.); interested in securing human rights toDalits and justice to the poor and women;addressing gatherings on social issues

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football, reading and writingPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Geneva (Switzerland) and Durban (South Africa)to attend the World Conference against RacialDiscrimination, Xenophobia and RelatedIntolerance, August-September 2001

Other Information Income Tax Inspector, 1969-79; Income Tax Officer,1980-93; Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax,1994-97; was associated with trade unionmovement of Income Tax employees in particularand the Central Government employees in general

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RATANPURI, SHRI G.N.[J&K National Conference - Jammu and Kashmir]

Father’s Name Shri Abdul Khaliq Wani

Mother’s Name Shrimati Zebunnisa Begum


Place of Birth Ratnipura, Distt. Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Hameeda G. Nabi

Children Three sons

Educational Qualifications B.Sc.Educated at Kashmir University, Srinagar


Permanent Address 11, Shaheen Bagh, Gulshan Nagar,By-pass Srinagar-190019Telefax : 0194-2443344E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 202, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23795348, 23795349E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

Aug. 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Labour

Social and Cultural Activities, Started journalistic career in Aftab SrinagarLiterary, Artistic and Scientific (a daily); was Editor, Nawa-i-Subh, the officialAccomplishments and other organ of J&K National Conference; ProgrammeSpecial Interests Officer, All India Radio (AIR), Srinagar, 1981 to

November 2008; has written columns innewspapers; has written scripts for All IndiaRadio and Doordarshan programmes

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Swimming, trekking, angling, netsurfing, readingPastimes and Recreation and writing

Other Information Took voluntary retirement from the All IndiaRadio in November 2008 to join politics

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RATHINAVEL, SHRI T.[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri R. Thangavel

Mother’s Name Shrimati R. Lakshmiammal


Place of Birth Srivilliputhur, Distt. Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati R. Vijaya Rani


Educational Qualifications B.A., M.A.Educated at RDM College, Sivaganga andMadurai Kamraj University, Madurai

Profession Businessman

Permanent Address 40/12, Crescent Nagar, First Street, Kajamalai,Main Road, Trichy-23, (Tamil Nadu)

Present Address 106, Old Tamil Nadu House, Kautilya Marg,New DelhiMobile: 9443142298

Positions Held

1991 - 96 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative AssemblyJuly 2013 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Countries Visited European countries

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RATNA BAI, SMT. T.[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Dasu Tadapatla

Mother’s Name Shrimati Karunamma Tadapatla


Place of Birth Rampachodavaram, Distt. East Godavari(Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shri Peddi Reddy Satyanarayana

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications High SchoolEducated at Government High School,Rampa chodavaram, Distt. East Godavari(Andhra Pradesh)


Permanent Address 1-33, Maridimilli Road, Rampachodavaram,Distt. East Godavari - 533288 (Andhra Pradesh)Tel.: 08864 - 243353Fax : 08864 - 243145E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address B-303, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg, New Delhi - 110001E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1972 - 78 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative AssemblyApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentAug.2008 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for theSept. 2009 onwards Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj

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Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairsand Public Distribution

March 2010 onwards Member, Marine Products Export DevelopmentAuthority (MPEDA)

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Labour

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder President, Rajiv Gandhi SankhachemaLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Sangam, RampachodavaramAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Other Information Chairperson, Andhra Pradesh Girijan Co-operativeCorporation, 2005-2007

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RAUT, DR. BHARATKUMAR[Shiv Sena - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Shri Bhavanishankar Raut

Mother’s Name Shrimati Sheela Raut




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Neena Raut

Children One son

Educational Qualifications M.A. (Politics), Ph.D.Educated at University of Bombay, Mumbai andTilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune


Permanent Address 2101, Matoshri’s Pearl, S. Keer Marg, Mahim,Mumbai - 400016 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 022 - 24372244 (R)Fax: 022 - 24384466 (R)

Present Address 7, Meena Bagh, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi - 110011Tel.: 23062494,Fax: 23062492E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee onAug. 2009 onwards External Affairs


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Sept. 2008 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationAug. 2009 - May 2012 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsDec. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Offices

of ProfitMember, Indian Parliamentary Group

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committtee on Food, Consumer Affairsand Public Distribution

Oct. 2012 onwards Member, Railway Convention Committee

Books Published In Marathi, (i) Andharatil Ek Prakash, 1977,(ii) Drishtikon, 2004, (iii) Nayak, 2004, (iv) ShivSena: Haar Aani Prahaar, 2005, (v) AsaDrishtikon, 2006, (vi) Ashi Hee Mumbai, 2008,(vii) Manovedh, 2010 and (viii) Geeta: AnandYatra, 2011; In English: Past Forward, (Internetedition), 2011

Social and Cultural Activities, Awarded, (i) Journalist of the Year by GiantsLiterary, Artistic and Scientific International, (ii) Harivanshrai Bachchan AwardAccomplishments and other for Excellence in Journalism by Aashirwad,Special Interests (iii) G.G. Jadhav Puraskar by Mumbai Marathi

Patrakar Sangh, (iv) Balshastri Jambhekar Puraskarby Marathi Patrakar Parishad and (v) JeevanGaurav Award by Maharashtra Patrakar Sangh

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Watching cricket, reading biographies andPastimes and Recreation autobiographies of socio - political leaders;

studying Geeta and listening to Marathi and Hindilight music

Countries Visited China and South Korea with the Prime Minister ofIndia, 1993; U.K., U.S.A., France, Germany,Holland, Switzerland, Nepal and Mongolia

Other Information Practising journalist for over three decades;worked in English and Marathi newspapers,Government and private television channels inIndia and abroad; was Editor, Maharashtra Times;launched ZEE News, India’s first news channel;at present, Editorial Director ‘Lokmat MediaGroup’; President, Mumbai Marathi PatrakarSangh, 1987-88; was Trustee, Shree SiddhivinayakTemple Trust, 2005 - 2007; Member, (i) ExecutiveCommittee, Bombay Union of Journalists and (ii) Telephone Advisory Committee, MTNL since 2008

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RAUT, SHRI SANJAY[Shiv Sena - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Shri Rajaram Raut

Mother’s Name Shrimati Savita Rajaram Raut


Place of Birth Alibagh, Distt. Raigarh (Maharashtra)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Varsha Raut


Educational Qualifications B. Com.Educated at Mumbai University, Mumbai


Permanent Address “Maitri”, Friends Colony, Bhandup (East),Mumbai - 400042 (Maharashtra)Tel.: 022-25695959, 25933636E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 11, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 23382999Fax : 23382000Mobile: 9868181089E-mail : [email protected]

Positions HeldJuly 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - Sept. 2010 Member, House CommitteeAug. 2004 - March 2005 Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersOct. 2004 - 2005 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry ofCulture

March 2005 - Oct. 2005 Member, Committee on Commerce

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Oct. 2005 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil Aviation

June 2006 - May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on YouthAug. 2007 - May 2009 Member, Sub-Committee on Modernisation of

Prison Administration of the Committee on HomeAffairs

Feb. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Sub-Committee of the House CommitteeAug. 2009 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on CommerceSept. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Committee on DefenceJuly 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs

and Public DistributionAug. 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of PowerAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Books Published Author of books (in Marathi) namely, (i) ShunyaSaarey, 1989, (ii) Sacchai, 1989, (iii) Rokhthok,1994, (iv) Mumbaitil Mafia, 1996, (v) NishanDharoni Marathi, 1997, (vi) Checkmate, 1998,(vii) Ekvachani, 2001, (viii) Agralekh (edited),2001 and (ix) Bihari Mafia, 2004

Social and Cultural Activities, Vice-President, Mumbai Arts Society since 2003;Literary, Artistic and Scientific has written a number of articles and editorials onAccomplishments and other various social issues as correspondent and editorSpecial Interests since 1980; Executive Editor, Saamana, a

Marathi daily

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading, writing, social service activities, sportsPastimes and Recreation and movies

Countries Visited U.S.A. and Pakistan, as member of a mediadelegation accompanying the then Prime Ministerof India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee; U.K. andEurope

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RAVI, SHRI VAYALAR[Indian National Congress - Kerala]

Father’s Name Shri M.K. Krishnan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Devaky Krishnan


Place of Birth Vayalar, Distt. Alappuzha (Kerala)


Spouse’s Name Late Shrimati Mercy Ravi (Ex-Member, KeralaLegislative Assembly)


Educational Qualifications M.A., B.L.Educated at S.D. College, Alappuzha, MaharajasCollege, Ernakulam and Law College, Ernakulam

Profession Political Activist and Writer

Permanent Address (i) Devaki Krishna Bhavan,Vayalar P.O.,Cherthala, Distt. Alappuzha (Kerala) Tel.: 0478-2813162

(ii) Kumarapuram, Medical College P.O., Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) Tel.: 0471-2447655

Present Address 7, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-110029Tel.: 23792148, 23792149Fax: 23792142E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

1971 - 77 Member, Fifth Lok Sabha1977 - 79 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha1982 Home Minister, Kerala

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1982 - 91 Member, Kerala Legislative AssemblyJuly 1994 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2003 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureJune 2003 - July 2004 Member, Committee on PetitionsAug. 2003 - June 2006 Member, Rubber Board

Member, Coir BoardAug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on

Human Resource Development Oct. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Civil AviationMember, General Purposes Committee

29 Jan. 2006 onwards Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs6 April 2008 - 22 May 2009 Minister of Parliamentary AffairsApril 2009 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha19 Jan. 2011 - 18 Dec. 2011 Minister of Civil Aviation10 Aug. 2012 - 28 Oct. 2012 Minister of Science and Technology

Minister of Earth Sciences and Minister of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises (AdditionalCharge)

Social and Cultural Activities, Political issues, discussions and visiting placesLiterary, Artistic and Scientific of interest; interested in labour matters and tradeAccomplishments and other union affairsSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Movies and sportsPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., Europe, Japan, erstwhile U.S.S.R.,Vietnam, Congo, Egypt, Bangladesh, Malaysia,Singapore, Kazakhstan, Gulf countries, Chile,Venezuela, South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique,Liberia, Mauritius, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji,Latin American countries, etc.

Other Information Former President, Kerala Pradesh CongressCommittee (I); prominent trade union leader andPresident of many trade unions in Kerala;President, (i) Provident Fund EmployeesAssociation, (ii) Cochin Port Staff Association,(iii) Cochin Thuramukha Thozhilali Union and(iv) Cochin Port Wharf Staff Association(C.P.W.S.A.); Founder Leader, Kerala Students’Union, the pioneer student movement in 1957;was In-charge, Students Wing of All IndiaCongress Committee (A.I.C.C.) and organized

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National Students’ Union of India (N.S.U.I.); wasConvener, State Youth Congress in 1965; wasSecretary, Indian Youth Congress; Member,(i) A.I.C.C. since 1967, (ii) Congress WorkingCommittee in 1972 and (iii) Cochin Port Trust for26 years; General Secretary, A.I.C.C.; Memberof the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to U.N.General Assembly in 1986, 1988, 1994 andNovember 2004

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REDDY, DR. N. JANARDHANA[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri N. Subbarami Reddy

Mother’s Name Shrimati Seshamma


Place of Birth Village Vakadu, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati N. Rajyalakshmi

Children Four sons

Educational Qualifications B.A., B.Ed., Trained in Basic Education(a Gandhian Concept)Educated at V.R. College, Government College ofEducation, Nellore and Government College ofBasic Education, Pentapadu, West GodavariDistrict (Andhra Pradesh)


Permanent Address Janapriya, 6-3-1109/2, Raj Bhavan Road,Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500482

Present Address 2, Jantar Mantar Road, New DelhiTel.: 011-23358666, 23316020

Positions HeldApril 1972 Elected to Rajya Sabha1978 - 79 Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (I)

[P.C.C.(I)], Andhra Pradesh1978 - 84 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council1978 - 83 Cabinet Minister, Revenue, Industries, Power and

Agriculture, Government of Andhra Pradesh1988 - 89 President, P.C.C.(I), Andhra Pradesh1989 - 94 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly1989 - 90 Cabinet Minister, Agriculture, Forests and Higher

Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh

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1990 - 92 Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha1998 - 99 Member, Rules Committee

Member, Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Judicial ReformsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Human Resource DevelopmentSpecial Invitee, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Power

1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (second term)1999 - 2000 Member, Rules Committee

Member, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Committee on Provision of Computersfor Members of Parliament, Offices of PoliticalParties and Officers of Lok Sabha Secretariat

1999 - 2001 Member, Committee on Public AccountsMember, Committee on Ethics

2000 - 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Agriculture

2002 - 2004 Chairman, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Provision of Computersfor MPs, Offices of Political Parties and Officersof Lok Sabha SecretariatMember, Rules Committee

2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (third term)Chairman, Committee on Petroleum and NaturalGasMember, Rules CommitteeMember, General Purposes Committee

5 Aug. 2007- March 2009 Chairman, Committee on Petroleum and NaturalGas

April 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Home AffairsAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of AgricultureJune 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs


Social and Cultural Activities, Devoted social worker since student days;Literary, Artistic and Scientific organising medical and eye campsAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Sports, games and gardening; Member, RotaryPastimes and Recreation International; Awardee of ‘Paul Harrison Fellow’

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Countries Visited Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka,Switzerland, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.; led theFarmers’ delegation to the Royal AgriculturalExhibition, London, 1990; Leader, IndianDelegation to International Human RightsConference (U.N.O.), Geneva, 1993

Other Information Chairman, (i) Review Committee forimplementation of the Tribal Land Regulations inAndhra Pradesh during 1980 and (ii) ReviewCommittee on implementation of National Policyon Education in the year 1991; actively participatedin the Students Congress and led the youth tothe historic Avadi Session of Indian NationalCongress; Secretary, Harijan Vidyarthi UdharakaSangam which runs Vakadu Complex ofEducational Institutions (was responsible fordeveloping the Complex virtually as a RuralUniversity - right from Nursery School to theCollege of Engineering, specially for the benefitof the underprivileged); Member, SugarDevelopment Council, 1998-99

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REDDY, SHRI PALVAI GOVARDHAN[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri P. Ranga Reddy

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Anasuyamma


Place of Birth Village Nadimpally, Anchampet,Distt. Mahabubnagar (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati P. Srujamani


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Vivekavardhini College, OsmaniaUniversity

Profession Agriculturist and Political & Social Worker

Permanent Address (i) Srujanilayam, 8-2-293/82/L/159/A, MLA’s Colony, Road No. 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500034 (Andhra Pradesh) Tel.: 040-23391286 Fax : 23318276 Mobile: 9440444485 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected](ii) House No. 1-66, Village Idikuda, Chandur

Mandal, Distt. Nalgonda-508225(Andhra Pradesh)

Present Address 20, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23354485Fax: 011-23313455Mobile: 9013181212, 9013181485E-mail: [email protected]

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Positions Held1967 - 72, 1972 - 78, 1978 - 83, Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly1983 - 85 and 1999 - 20041981 Minister of State for Rural Water Supply, Youth

Service and LIDCAP Portfolios, Government ofAndhra Pradesh

1981 - 82 Minister of State for Handlooms and Textiles,Sericulture, Printing and Stationery Portfolios,Government of Andhra Pradesh

2007 - 2009 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative CouncilApril 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Water Resources

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil AviationMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Water Resources

Books Published Student Chronicle (weekly), 1961- 63; BharatDarshan Yatra

Countries Visited Afghanistan, U.S.S.R. and Helsinki, to attend the1965 World Youth Festival; Germany, as a delegateof Indian Youth Congress Delegation and toattend the 1967 German-Asian Youth Seminar asthe Leader of the Indian Youth CongressDelegation; visited a number of countriesincluding the Commonwealth Nations, U.S.A. andCanada on behalf of the Andhra PradeshCommonwealth Parliamentary Association;Commonwealth and European Countries, SouthEast Asia and U.S.A. on behalf of Andhra PradeshLegislators Club; toured China, South Korea,Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kongon behalf of Andhra Pradesh LegislativeAssembly to study agricultural and industrialdevelopment, 2003

Other Information During student days, was Vice-President,General Secretary and President of theVivekavardhini College, Hyderabad, AndhraPradesh, 1956-61; was General Secretary andPresident, (i) National Union of Students of India,Osmania University Unit, 1959-62 (official organof OU & U.G.C.), (ii) Andhra Pradesh YouthCongress, 1963-67 and (iii) Andhra PradeshLegislators Club for 10 years; was NationalCouncil Member, Student Wing, All India Youth

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Congress Committee; General Secretary, (i) National Union of Students of India, OsmaniaUniversity Branch, 1958-59, (ii) Youth Congress,1961-63, (iii) Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress,1962-64 and (iv) Congress Legislative Party,1978-80; President, (i) National Union of Studentsof India, Osmania University, 1959-61 and(ii) Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress, 1964-67;Chairman, (i) Andhra Pradesh ForestDevelopment Corporation Ltd., 1979-81,(ii) Andhra Pradesh Beverages Corporation Ltd.,1990-93, (iii) Jawaharlal Nehru National YouthCenter, Andhra Pradesh Chapter since 1992 and(iv) Andhra Pradesh Congress Seva Dal, 1996-2001, Secretary, Indian National Congress (Indira),1993-96; Working President, National Council,Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Center since1994; Founder Member, (i) Andhra PradeshIrrigation Development Corporation and (ii)Mining Corporation; as Director, served invarious Corporations; served in the Estimates,Public Accounts and House Committees of theAndhra Pradesh Legislature for 12 years; hastravelled throughout India including Jammu &Kashmir during Andhra Pradesh LegislatureCommittee tours; was Member, ManagingCommittee for Andhra Pradesh AgriculturalUniversity

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REDDY, DR. T. SUBBARAMI[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri T. Babu Reddy

Mother’s Name Shrimati T. Rukminamma


Place of Birth Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Indira Subbarami Reddy


Educational Qualifications B.Com.Educated at Nizam College, Hyderabad

Profession Trader and Industrialist, Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address House No. 6-3-249/5/A, Road No.1, Banjara Hills,Hyderabad-500 034 (Andhra Pradesh)Tel.: 040-23328111, 23328444Fax: 040-23393300

Present Address AB-2, Purana Quila Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23782323Fax: 011-23385656E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok SabhaMember, Committee on Finance

1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok SabhaSecretary, Congress Parliamentary PartyMember, Public Accounts CommitteeMember, Committee on FinanceMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Civil Aviation

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1999 - 2000 Convenor, Media Committee, All India CongressCommittee (A.I.C.C.)

2001 Secretary, A.I.C.C. (Incharge Media)April 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Finance

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Road Transport and Highways

2004 Member, Congress Working Committee (C.W.C.)as a Special Invitee

Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Committee on CommerceMember, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

Oct. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Shipping, Road Transport and Highways

31 Jan. 2006 - 6 April 2008 Minister of State in the Ministry of MinesApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committeee on Coal and SteelAug. 2009 onwards Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsAug. 2009 - May 2012 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsOct. 2009 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Transport and HighwaysDec. 2011 onwards Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

Management

Social and Cultural Activities, Eminent public orator in English and Telugu;Literary, Artistic and Scientific film producer of extraordinary distinction in theAccomplishments and other country; produced a number of Hindi, TeluguSpecial Interests and Tamil films of great technical and directorial

excellence; Chairman, (i) Tirumala TirupatiDevasthanam Board (T.T.D.) since 2004,(ii) National Panorama Festival Committee, 1992,(iii) National Film Award Jury, 1994, (iv) AndhraPradesh Cultural Federation, 1994 and (v) NationalFilms Award Jury, 1997; Member, Central FilmCensor Board, 1983-85; conferred, (i) Gold Medalby the then Prime Minister of India Smt. IndiraGandhi for his outstanding contribution in theconstruction of the world’s biggest damNagarjuna Sagar Project in Andhra Pradesh in1967, (ii) Swarna Kamal, a national award for thebest feature film, (iii) Kala Samrat by MaharashtraGovernment, 1988, (iv) Kala Ratna by Lt. Governor,Delhi, 1989, (v) Kala Ratna by Telugu Academy,1993, (vi) Doctorate by Mangalore University in

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recognition of social work, (vii) Rashtrapati Awardfor producing films Bhagwat Gita and SwamiVivekananda and (viii) Life Time AchievementAward in U.S.A. by American Telugu Association,2002; special interest in the upliftment of sociallybackward and the downtrodden; organizedhundreds of music and dance concerts; activeparticipation in social, political, spiritual, culturaland philanthropic activities all over India; builtcommunity halls, hospitals, colleges, auditoria,etc.

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Classical music and dancePastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited U.K., U.S.A., Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Japanand France in connection with holdingdiscussions on industry, commerce, films andculture

Other Information A multifarious personality, one of the leadingindustrialists; film maker and well-knownparliamentarian; founder of the Gayatri Groupwhich is in the field of business for the last 35 yearsand is involved in the construction activity,sugar industry, chemical industry, State’sdevelopment; founder of India’s best cinematheatres, which were built in Hyderabad

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REKHA, MS. [Nominated]

Father’s Name Shri Gemini Ganeshan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Pushpavalli



Educational Qualifications MatriculationEducated at Sacred Heart Convent, Church Park,Chennai

Profession Artiste (Film)

Permanent Address ‘Sea-Springs’, Bungalow No. 2, B.J. Road,Bandstand, Bandra, Mumbai- 400050(Maharashtra)

Positions Held

April 2012 Nominated to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs


Social and Cultural Activities, Film artiste; dance, singing, painting, designing,Literary, Artistic and Scientific art and culture; special interest in the art ofAccomplishments and other make-up, sketching (charcoal) and interiorSpecial Interests designing

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Dance, music and moviesPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Singapore, to attend the I.I.F.A. Awards functionin June 2012

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ROY, SHRI MUKUL[All India Trinamool Congress - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Late Shri Jugal Nath Roy

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Rekha Roy


Place of Birth Kanchrapara, Distt. North 24 Parganas (West Bengal)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Krishna Roy

Children One son

Educational Qualifications M.A. (Public Administration)

Profession Political and Social WorkerPermanent Address 53, Ghatak Road, P.O. Kanchrapara-743145

(West Bengal)Telefax.: 033-25859045Mobile: 9830040931E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 181, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23092310Fax: 011-23013875E-mail: roy.mukul@ sansad.nic.in

Positions Held

April 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Urban Development


April 2008 - May 2009 Permanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Railways

April 2008 onwards Leader, All India Trinamool Congress (A.I.T.C),Rajya Sabha

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28 May 2009 - 20 March 2012 Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping19 May 2011-12 July 2011 Minister of State in the Ministry of RailwaysSept. 2011 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee20 March - 22 Sept. 2012 Minister of RailwaysApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaDec. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Ethics

Social and Cultural Activities, Actively participated in various social andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific cultural activities, viz. drama and quiz; servedAccomplishments and other in various community development projectsSpecial Interests including eradication of illiteracy, providing free

education to the poor, training of civil defence,etc.; participated in scouting activities underBharat Scouts and Guides and takes part in theirregular camps; has taken active interest in inter-school science exhibitions

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Watching football and cricket matchesPastimes and Recreation

Other Information Non-Executive Director (as a social worker),United Bank of India, 2002-2005; Chairperson,A.I.T.C. Parliamentary Party Group; GeneralSecretary, A.I.T.C. since April 2008

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ROY, SHRI SUKHENDU SEKHAR[All India Trinamool Congress - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Late Shri Shibendu Sekhar Roy

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Hironmoyee Devi


Place of Birth English Bazar, Distt. Malda (West Bengal)


Spouse's Name Shrimati Mahashweta Roy


Educational Qualifications M.A., LL.B.Educated at Kalindri High School, Malda, St. Paul’sCollege, Rabindra Bharati University and CalcuttaUniversity, Kolkata

Profession Lawyer

Permanent Address 111/1, Gariahat Road (South), Jodhpur Park,Kolkata-700068 (West Bengal)Tel.: 24725078, 24990713E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 7, Mahadev Road, New Delhi-110001Mobile: 9013181967E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldAug. 2011 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2011 onwards Deputy Leader, All India Trinamool Congress in

Rajya SabhaMember, Committee on Personnel, PublicGrievances, Law and JusticeMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Commerce and Industry

April 2012 onwards Member, Business Advisory CommitteeMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Public Accounts

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Books Published (i) Chayatarini, 2009, (ii) Pranab Mukherjee-The All Season Man, 2010, (iii) W.C. Bonnerjee-In the Horizon of Life, 2011 and (iv) WoomeshChandra Bandopadhyay-Jiban Digante, 2011

Social and Cultural Activities, President, Heritage Bengal, an N.G.O. engagedLiterary, Artistic and Scientific in public awareness programmes for theAccomplishments and other promotion of culture, heritage andSpecial Interests archaeological sites and remains; has contributed

articles in different vernacular magazines andnewspapers; keen interest in art, culture andmusic

Sports, Clubs, Favourite To study the reminiscences of India’s pastPastimes and Recreation glory, heritage and culture; historical events,

personalities of the past and the present

Countries Visited Visited, Romania, erstwhile U.S.S.R., U.K.,erstwhile Yugoslavia, Italy, Austria and Hungary

Other Information Started political career as a poster boy in 1968and held different positions; previously workedas Law Officer in a Government of India Enterprise;elected Vice-President, Calcutta High Court BarAssociation, 2009-2011

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ROY, SHRI TARINI KANTA[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Late Shri Narendra Nath Roy

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Punyamayee Roy


Place of Birth Cooch Behar (West Bengal)


Educational Qualifications UndergraduateEducated at A.B.N. Seal College (formerly VictoriaCollege), Cooch Behar (West Bengal)

Profession Trade Unionist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address Gunjabari North, Siliguri Road,P.O. & Distt. Cooch Behar-736101 (West Bengal)Tel.: 03582-224400 (R), 223777 (O)Fax: 225775 (O)

Present Address 137, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 23093580, 23092027Mobile: 9868181773E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2002 - Feb. 2004, Member, Committee on RailwaysAug. 2004 - May 2009 andAug. 2009 onwardsJuly 2004 - March 2008 Member, Tea BoardOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of CultureApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Sub-Committee of the Department-

related Parliament Standing Committee onRailways

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July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Tourism

May 2012 onwards Member, Tea Board

Social and Cultural Activities, Actively participated in the literacy movementLiterary, Artistic and Scientific in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal as aAccomplishments and other member of Zilla Saksharata Samiti and StateSpecial Interests Literacy Mission Authority (SLMA) - the district

achieved a decadal increase in literacy rate by21.43 per cent, which is the highest in the State

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) District Sports Association, CoochPastimes and Recreation Behar and (ii) Cooch Behar Stadium Committee

Countries Visited Cuba, France and Bhutan

Other Information Former Correspondent, Ganashakti - Bengalidaily, Cooch Behar district; General CouncilMember, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (C.I.T.U.);Member, C.I.T.U. Working Committee, WestBengal; General Secretary, C.I.T.U. in CoochBehar district, West Bengal; studied upto 3 yearsdegree science but due to prevailing adversepolitical situation in West Bengal in 1970, couldnot complete and sit for final examination

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RUDY, SHRI RAJIV PRATAP[Bharatiya Janata Party - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Vishwanath SinghMother’s Name Shrimati Prabha SinghDate of Birth 30 March 1962Place of Birth Patna (Bihar)Marital Status Married on 9 March 1991Spouse’s Name Shrimati Neelam Pratap SinghChildren Two daughters

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.) (Eco.), M.A. (Eco.), LL.B.,Commercial Pilot LicenceEducated at St. Michaels High School,Patna (Bihar), Government College andPanjab University, Chandigarh

Profession Lawyer, Lecturer in Economics, CommercialPilot

Permanent Address 3, Shivanandan Bhawan, Boring Road,Patna- 800001 (Bihar)Tel.: 0612-2530417, 2522650Mobile: 09431216555

Present Address AB-97, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi - 110011Tel.: 011-23070300, 23070999Mobile: 9811119257E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1990 - 95 Member, Bihar Legis la t ive AssemblyMember, Committee on Pollution andEnvironment, Bihar Legislative Assembly

1996 Member, Eleventh Lok SabhaMember, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Science and Technology,Environment and ForestsMember, Committee on Wakf

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1998 National Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata YuvaMorchaMember, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Science and Technology,Environment and Forests

1999 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (second term)1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism

Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Committee on Patents (SecondAmendment) Bill, 1999

1999 - 2000 and 2000 - 2001 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1 Sept. 2001- 23 May 2003 Union Minister of State, Commerce and Industry24 May 2003 - 21 May 2004 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge),

Ministry of Civil Aviation2007 onwards National Spokesperson, Bharatiya Janata PartyJuly 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Science and Technology,Aug.2009 - Aug. 2011 Environment and ForestsFeb. 2009 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on WakfJuly 2009 onwards Member, House Committee


Oct. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Food Management inParliament House Complex

July 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)Nov. 2010 onwards Member-Convenor, Parliamentary Forum on

Global Warming and Climate ChangeJune - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on

the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011July 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Home AffairsSocial and Cultural Activities, Mentor and guide to one of the largest NGO inLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Bihar and also a keen NGO activitist; N.C.C.Accomplishments and other Certificate holder; Chairman, National Associa-Special Interests tion for Dumb & Deaf, Delhi; interested in yoga

and health fitness

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Travel, photography, scuba diving, wildlife,Pastimes and Recreation adventure sports-para sailing, rafting and

trekking, etc.; sojourn to forests and sanctuary;coastal tourism; aviation-flying and undergoinga course for instructor; teaching and addressingaudience on specialised subject; Secretary(Administration), Constitution Club since 1999

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Countries Visited Moscow (Russia.), Nepal, Singapore, Thailand,Morocco, Sudan, Russia, Kenya, Brazil, U.K.,Germany, France, Italy, U.S.A., Myanmar, SriLanka, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Mauritius, Australiaetc.

Other Information His early political days commenced as a StudentUnion Leader; President, Students’ Union,Government College, Chandigarh, 1982; GeneralSecretary, Panjab University Students’ Union,1984; post University politics retreated to the Stateof Bihar and worked for a decade in a remote ruralpart of North Bihar followed by an activeassociation with the youth wing of the BharatiyaJanata Party, holding the post of the NationalVice-President of the Bharatiya Janata YuvaMorcha; elected as the youngest member of BiharLegislative Assembly in 1990; has representedChapra in Parliament, which is a remote andpredominantly rural constituency, located in NorthBihar; credited with several innovativedevelopment schemes and social programmesincluding major innovations in his area; think tankin developing a software solution for an innovativeconstituency management programme patentedas REMS; during his tenure as the Minister ofState in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the aviationindustry witnessed large scale reforms; Member,National Executive of Bharatiya Janata Party; StateIncharge, Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa; Lecturerin Economics, A.N. College, Patna (underMagadh University), Bihar; holding the LimcaBook of World Records for being the only sittingparliamentarian across the globe actively flyingAirbus-320, Commercial jets in India

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RUPALA, SHRI PARSHOTTAM KHODABHAI[Bharatiya Janata Party - Gujarat ]

Father’s Name Shri Khodabhai Madhabhai

Mother’s Name Shrimati Hariben Khodabhai


Place of Birth Isvaria, Distt. Amreli (Gujarat)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Savitaben Rupala


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., B.Ed.Educated at Saurashtra University and GujaratUniversity

Profession Agriculture

Permanent Address At & Post: Isvaria, Ta: Amreli,Distt. Amreli-365601(Gujarat)Tel.: 079 - 23238698 (R), 25504525 (O)

Present Address 501, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23753530Mobile: 9868181393E-mail : [email protected]

Positions HeldNov. 1991- March 1995 Member, Gujarat Legislative AssemblyMarch 1995 - Dec. 1997 Member, Gujarat Legislative Assembly (second term)19 March 1995 - 20 Oct. 1995 Cabinet Minister, Narmada, Irrigation and

Water Supply, Government of Gujarat

4 Nov. 1995 - 18 Sept. 1996 Cabinet Minister, Irrigation and Water Supply,Government of Gujarat

March 1997 - Dec. 1997 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee,Gujarat Legislative Assembly

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March 1998 - July 2002 Member, Gujarat Legislative Assembly (third term)June 1998 - Oct. 2001 Chairman, Gujarat Industrial Development

Corporation (G.I.D.C.)9 Oct. 2001 - 21 Dec. 2002 Cabinet Minister, Agriculture, Government of

GujaratApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs

and Public DistributionAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of ShippingSept. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on AgricultureSept. 2012 onwards Member, National Shipping Board

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., Israel, China and Nepal

Other Information Ex-State President, Bharatiya Janata Party,Gujarat since October 2006; General Secretary,B.J.P., Gujarat, June 2005 - October 2006; NationalVice-President, B.J.P. since Dec. 2009

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SADHO, DR. VIJAYLAXMI[Indian National Congress - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Sitaram Sadho

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Devika Sadho


Place of Birth Mandleshwar, Distt. Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)


Educational Qualifications M.B.B.S.Educated at Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal


Permanent Address M.I.G. -12, M.L.A. Colony Old, Jawahar Chowk,Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)Tel.: 0755-2779117Mobile : 09425392490, 9013181004

Present Address 97-98, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23013626E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1985 - 90, 1993 - 98, 1998 - 2003 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assemblyand 2008 - 20101985 - 89 Member, Public Accounts Committee

Member, Committee on Women and Child WelfareMember, Committee on the Welfare for SC, STand Other Backward Classes

1989 - 90 Parliamentary Secretary, Department of PublicHealth and Family Welfare and Department of Jails,Government of Madhya Pradesh

1993 - 98 Minister for Tourism and Culture, 20-PointProgramme, Science & Technology; Public SectorUndertakings and Public Works Department,Government of Madhya Pradesh

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1998 - 2003 Minister, Narmada Valley DevelopmentDepartment and Department of Social Welfare,Medical Education and Scheduled Castes Welfare,Government of Madhya Pradesh

June 2010 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare


Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableMember,Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Rural Development

May 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-I to examine thefunctioning of AIIMS of the Committee on Healthand Family Welfare

May 2012 onwards Member, Central Supervisory Board constitutedunder Section 7(1) of the Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of SexSelection) Act, 1994

Social and Cultural Activities, Participated in cultural activities during collegeLiterary, Artistic and Scientific days; travellingAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Participated in sports activities during collegePastimes and Recreation days

Countries Visited Moscow (Russia) and North Korea as a memberof Youth Delegation to participate in the WorldYouth Festival held in 1985 and 1989 respectively;U.S.A. as a member of the Indian Delegation tostudy elections in U.S.A., 1986; as Minister forTourism and Culture, Government of MadhyaPradesh, visited Germany, Italy, France, U.K.,Spain, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore,Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Dubai(U.A.E.)

Other Information General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress,Madhya Pradesh, 1985-92; Member, (i) All IndiaCongress Committee and (ii) Madhya PradeshCongress Election Committee; Vice-President,Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee; Secretary,All India Congress Committee

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SAHANI, DR. ANIL KUMAR[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Mahendra Sahani, M.P. and Ex. M.L.C.

Mother’s Name Shrimati Susheela Devi


Place of Birth Shahid Jubba Sahni Nagar, Brahmapura,Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Phoolmati Bharti


Educational Qualifications LL.B., M.A.Educated at Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar BiharUniversity, Muzaffarpur (Bihar)


Permanent Address Shahid Jubba Sahni Nagar, Brahmapura, M.I.T.,Distt. Muzaffarpur-842003 (Bihar)Tel.: 0621-2264668

Present Address C-401, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110 001Tel.: 011-23739968, 23766668E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldJan. 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaFeb. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers

Member, Committee on EnergyJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Commerce and IndustryDec. 2011- April 2012 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

ManagementApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

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Books Published A booklet on the life of Shahid Jubba Sahni, 2007;a brief biography of Baba Kebal Maharaj (whichwas released by the Hon’ble Chief Minister ofBihar, Shri Nitish Kumar on 24th March, 2010);has written several articles from time to time onpolitical and social issues and problems in thecountry which were published in variousnewspapers

Social and Cultural Activities, Constructed markets and parks in Muzaffarpur inLiterary, Artistic and Scientific the name of Shahid Jubba Sahni and worked inAccomplishments and other the construction projects for fifty days in 1992;Special Interests was involved in social service from his student

days to help the poor, the neglected and theexploited people

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Has been a player of football, badminton; gotPastimes and Recreation training of the Bharat Scouts and Guides; has

been an office bearer in Shahid Bhagat SinghFootball Club; interested in games like wrestling,kabaddi, badminton, kho kho, volleyball, gulli-danda, swimming, chess, etc.

Other Information Belongs to the family of freedom fighters (his grandparents late Shri Chulhai Sahani and lateShrimati Jago Devi were freedom fighters);participated in the movement launched by JaiPrakash Narayan as a student; State President,Shahid Jubba Sahni Vichar Manch, since 1980;District President, District Congress CommitteeBackward Class Cell, 1990-93; Secretary, MatsayaJeevi Sahyog Samiti, 1986-96; District Organiser,Congress Sewa Dal, 1982-93; General Secretary,District Congress Committee, 1988-90; StateSecretary, Janata Dal Backward Class Cell,1995-98; Principal General Secretary, DistrictRashtriya Janata Dal, 1999-2002; NationalGeneral Secretary, Yuva Janata Dal (U), 2007-2010

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SAHU, SHRI DHIRAJ PRASAD [Indian National Congress - Jharkhand]

Father’s Name Late Rai Sahab Baldeo SahuMother’s Name Late Shrimati Shushila DeviDate of Birth 23 November 1955Place of Birth Ranchi (Jharkhand)Marital Status MarriedChildren One son and one daughterEducational Qualifications B.A.

Educated at Marwari College, Ranchi

Profession Political and Social Worker, Industrialist

Permanent Address (i) At : Thana Road,P.O. & Distt. Lohardaga-835302 (Jharkhand)

(ii) Sushila Niketan, Radium Road,Ranchi-834001 (Jharkhand)

(iii) Congress Bhawan, Shradhanand Road,Ranchi-834001

Present Address C-504, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Fax: 011-23352100Mobile : 9868181918E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

June 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof PowerPermanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Petroleum andNatural Gas

July 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - March 2011 Member, Central Silk Board

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Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with a number of social, sportsLiterary, Artistic and Scientific organizations and NGOAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite President, (i) Lohardaga District AthleticPastimes and Recreation Association since 2002, (ii) Lohardaga District

Volleyball Association since 2002, (iii) LohardagaDistrict Football Association since 2002,(iv) Lohardaga District Olympic Association since2002 and (v) Jharkhand Vaishya Maha Sammelan;Member, Ranchi Club; travelling, wildlife, readingbooks on History, social activities


Other Information Belongs to a family which has been associatedwith the Congress party since independence;joined politics in 1977; was jailed during the ‘JailBharo Aandolan’ in 1978; President, SaundicSamaj, Jharkhand, 2003-2005; Treasurer,(i) National Students Union of India (NSUI)Ranchi University, Ranchi, 1978-83, (ii) LohardagaDistrict Youth Congress, 1984-90, (iii) LohardagaDCC, 1999-2000 and (iv) Jharkhand PradeshCongress Committee, 2001-July 2003 and sinceFebruary 2005; Member, Working Committee, (i)Lohardaga DCC, 1991-98 and (ii) Jharkhand P.C.C.,August 2003-December 2004; Delegate, P.C.C.,Jharkhand, since 2000; Member, AICC since 2005;General Secretary, Chhotanagpur BauxiteWorker’s Union (CBW Union), Jharkhand since2002; Election Incharge, (i) Kanke Vidhan Sabhaconstituency, (ii) General elections, RanchiParliamentary constituency, 1980-84, (iii)Lohardaga Parliamentary constituency, 1998 and(iv) Lohardaga Vidhan Sabha constituency, 2000

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SAI, SHRI NAND KUMAR[Bharatiya Janata Party - Chhattisgarh]

Father’s Name Shri Likhan SaiMother’s Name Shrimati Rupini DeviDate of Birth 1 January 1946Place of Birth Vill. Bhagora, Distt. Raigarh (Madhya Pradesh)Marital Status Married on 3 March 1964Spouse’s Name Shrimati Guruwari Devi alias Gulmohar DeviChildren Three sons and four daughtersEducational Qualifications M.A.(Political Science)

Educated at N.E.S. College (formerly RavishankarUniversity), Jashpur Nagar, Distt. Raigarh(Madhya Pradesh)

Profession Agriculturist, Political and Social WorkerPermanent Address Vill. & P.O. Bhagora, Tehsil - Pharsa Bahar,

Distt. Jashpur-496242 (Chhattisgarh)Tel.: 07761-200614, 07761-2880888,

Present Address 176, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23011900Mobile : 9868181905, 9425270444E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1977 - 79 and 1985 - 89 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly(two terms)

1977 - 78 and 1986 - 88 Member, Privileges Committee, Madhya PradeshLegislative Assembly

1978 - 79 Chairman, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes, Madhya PradeshLegislative Assembly

1988 - 89 Member, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes, Madhya PradeshLegislative Assembly

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1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok SabhaMember, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes

1990 - 91 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof FinanceMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Home Affairs

1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (second term)2000 - 2004 Member, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (third term)

Member, Committee on Private Members Bills andResolutionsMember, Committee on Energy

2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Social Justice and Empowerment

Aug. 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Urban Development

May 2012 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes

Social and Cultural Activities, Associated with social and cultural activities fromLiterary, Artistic and Scientific student days; promotion of education, Hindi andAccomplishments and other Sanskrit Literature; filed a writ in Supreme CourtSpecial Interests in protest against excluding Sanskrit language from

Indian education system, wherein the SupremeCourt in its decision held the need to studySanskrit, struggle against exploitation of andatrocities on Scheduled Tribes, etc.; movementagainst illegal liquor shops and consumption ofliquor by tribal since 1975; devised a special planfor removal of poverty in rural India; readingpoems, heroic tales and cultural heritage;grooming people who are honest and striving forthe establishment of truth

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Kabaddi, football and wrestling; promotion ofPastimes and Recreation games and sports activities in rural areas; folk

music; supporting the persons who have seriousconcern for the critical state of human values andfight against their degradation; encouragingintellectuals to safeguard our culture

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Other Information Since student life, deeply moved by the economicplight of Adivasis due to the consumption ofliquor and dissuaded them from consumption ofliquor; he even went to the extent of giving up theconsumption of salt in his food since 1970 todissuade them from consumption of liquor;President, (i) N.E.S. College Student’s Union,1972-73, (ii) B.J.P., District Raigarh, 1980-82, (iii)B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh, 1989 and (iv) B.J.P.,Chhattisgarh, 2003 - 2004; General Secretary,B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh, 1986-88; ExecutiveMember, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh since 1988;Member, (i) National Council of B.J.P., 1989-91and (ii) National Executive, B.J.P.

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SAINI, SHRI RAJPAL SINGH[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Nakli Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kishan Devi


Place of Birth Village-Luhsana, Distt. Muzaffarnagar(Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Usha Singh


Educational Qualifications GraduateEducated at D.A.V. Inter College Budhana,Muzaffarnagar, Shri Chandan Lal National InterCollege, Kandhla and S.D. Degree College,Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh


Permanent Address 145, Deo Puram, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 0131-2411620

Present Address 101, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001Mobile: 09412210620

Positions Held

2002 - 2007 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative AssemblyOct. 2003 - Aug. 2004 Minister of State, Government of Uttar PradeshMay 2008 - June 2010 Chairman, U.P. Seed Development Corporation,

Government of Uttar Pradesh (State Minister rank)July 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Agriculture

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Railways

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SALEEM, CHAUDHARY MUNAVVER[Samajwadi Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Chaudhary Maqsood Ali

Mother’s Name Shrimati Amna Begum


Place of Birth Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Shamsun Nisha


Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at S.S.L. Jain PG College, Vidisha andRajeev Gandhi College, Bhopal


Permanent Address 149, Shardhanand Path, Bada Bazar,Vidisha-464001 (Madhya Pradesh)Tel. : 0759-2235449E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 16-E, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 011-23738333

Positions Held

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource

Development

Books Published (i) Islam aur Atankwad and (ii) Sampradayiktaaur Rashtrawad

Social and Cultural Activities, Regularly conducted ‘Mushaira’ in Vidisha onLiterary, Artistic and Scientific the occasion of Holi Festival; conducted seminarsAccomplishments and other on different current issues with renownedSpecial Interests intellectuals; Chief-Editor, Dinkar, a newspaper

since 1988

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Other Information Organized health camps in Vidisha under theflagship of Minorities Forum of India for the needycardiac and ortho patients; many doctors fromthe AIIMS, Apollo, Escorts and Medanta hospitalsrendered their services in the health camps;District President, Yuva Janata Party, 1977-80;General Secretary, (i) Yuva Lok Dal, MadhyaPradesh, 1980-84, (ii) Janata Dal Youth Wing,1989-91 and (iii) Samajwadi Party, 1994-2009;National Secretary, Yuva Lok Dal, 1984-86

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SANCHETI, SHRI AJAY[Bharatiya Janata Party - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shri Shaktikumar Sancheti

Mother’s Name Shrimati Vijaya Sancheti


Place of Birth Nagpur (Maharashtra)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Savita Sancheti

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.Com.Educated at Nagpur University

Profession Businessman and Industrialist

Permanent Address 20, IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur-440022 (Maharashtra)Tel. : 0712-6665000, 6665200Fax: 0712-6665092, 6665100E-mail : [email protected] [email protected]

Present Address 210, Maharashtra Sadan, Copernicus Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel. : 011-23782358Fax : 011-23389757E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Development

Social and Cultural Activities, Chairman, Mahavir International, Nagpur Centre,Literary, Artistic and Scientific which provides free artificial limbs and polioAccomplishments and other calipers to the needy; Vice-Chairman, MarwadiSpecial Interests Foundation, Nagpur, the foundation is

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acknowledging and awarding Rupees five lakh toeminent personalities from the backwardcommunity annually; Founder Member,Nagbhushan Foundation, the foundation isawarding memento and Rupees one lakh toeminent persons of Nagpur origin annually;associated with the publication of a set of threebooks ‘Marmsparsh’, authored by his mother,Shrimati Vijaya Sancheti

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Foodie (vegetarian), watching television, tablePastimes and Recreation tennis, travelling, visiting spas; Life Member,

(i) Gondwana Club, (ii) C.P. Club, (iii) V.C.A.Recreation Club and (iv) Constitution Club

Countries Visited Dubai (U.A.E.), Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia,Nepal, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.

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SANGMA, SHRI THOMAS[Nationalist Congress Party - Meghalaya]

Father’s Name Late Shri Frederick S. Marak

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Jangje A. Sangma


Place of Birth Tura, Distt. West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Illa G. Momin


Educational Qualifications Under Graduate, Diploma in ComputerApplicationsEducated at Tura Government College (N.E.H.U.),Tura and C.A.I. (Kolkata), Tura

Profession Political and Social Worker, Agriculturist

Permanent Address House No. 82, Spring Hills, P.O. Chandmary, Tura,West Garo Hills-794002 (Meghalaya)Tel.: 03651-222260 (R), 94361-12031(O)Mobile: 9868181031E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1999 - 2003 Chairman, Tura Municipal Board2000 - 2004 Member, Railways Consultative CommitteeApril 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 4 Feb. 2013)May 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on the Welfare ofAug. 2009 - Feb. 2013 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesJune 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesJune 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Industry


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Aug. 2009 - Feb. 2013 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism andCultureMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Home Affairs

Social and Cultural Activities, Active in social and cultural development of theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific people of his region; has been Patron/PresidentAccomplishments and other and Secretary of various social and culturalSpecial Interests organisations

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket; reading and collecting information onPastimes and Recreation latest electronic gadgets

Countries Visited Bangladesh, Thailand, Philippines, China,Germany and Mongolia

Other Information Interested in promoting tourism and industry inthe North-East region of the country particularlyin the State of Meghalaya; Member, TelecomAdvisory Committee, Meghalaya, 1991-94

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SANJIV KUMAR, SHRI[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Jharkhand]

Father’s Name Shri Guna Dhar Dan

Mother’s Name Shrimati Rambha Devi


Place of Birth Maniadih, Distt. Dhanbad (Jharkhand)


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.B.Educated at Ranchi College, Ranchi and DelhiUniversity, Delhi

Profession Advocate

Permanent Address House No. 92 A, Vill. & P.O. Maniadih, P.S. Tundi,Distt. Dhanbad-828109 (Jharkhand)

Present Address (i) 141, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001(ii) J-60, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi

E-mail : [email protected](iii) C-8/8401, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070

Mobile : 9810666852

Positions Held

May 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeSocial and Cultural Activities, Interested in visiting schools and colleges in myLiterary, Artistic and Scientific State and interacting with the youthAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests


Countries Visited U.K.

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SEELAM, SHRI JESUDASU[Indian National Congress - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Abraham SeelamMother’s Name Shrimati Annapurnamma SeelamDate of Birth 13 August 1953Place of Birth Distt. Guntur (Andhra Pradesh)Marital Status Married on 4 August 1984Spouse’s Name Shrimati Sujatha SeelamChildren One son and two daughtersEducational Qualifications B.Sc., M.Sc. (Chemistry)

Educated at Andhra Christian College, Guntur andAndhra University, Waltair, Visakhapatnam

Profession Civil Service (resigned from the I.A.S. in 1999 tojoin Indian National Congress Party)

Permanent Address Pusulur, Pedanandipadu Mandal, Distt.Guntur-522112 (Andhra Pradesh)

Present Address C-1/8, Pandara Park, New Delhi-110003Telefax: 23782588Mobile: 9868181113E-mail : [email protected] [email protected]

Positions HeldJune 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Water ResourcesAug. 2004 - June 2010 Member, Animal Welfare Board of IndiaAug. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on EnergyAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011Sept. 2004 - Nov. 2010 Member, Committee on Provision of Computers

to Members of Rajya SabhaAug. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population andPublic Health

May 2007 - May 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes

May 2008 - Sept. 2010 Member, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Khadi and Village Industries Board

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Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersDec. 2009 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Information TechnologyDec. 2009 June 2013 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Road Transport and HighwaysJune - 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2010 - June 2013 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationAug. 2011 - April 2013 Member, Committee on Public AccountsAug. 2012 - June 2013 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeMember, Committee on Social Justice andEmpowerment

17 June 2013 onwards Minister of State in the Ministry of FinanceSocial and Cultural Activities, Social Empowerment: As Secretary-General of theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Forum of SC/ST Parliamentarians, workingAccomplishments and other relentlessly for mobilizing the MPs/MLAsSpecial Interests belonging to the marginalized sections to work

with the Government in implementation of theprogrammes and in bringing the requiredlegislations; Interface with Civil Society: Asocial activist right from the student days;propagated the ideology of Dr. Ambedkar throughhard work and quality education among themarginalized sections; organized relief andrehabilitation camps for the victims of naturalcalamities; worked for peace and harmony amongvarious sections of society; associated with NGOsin Andhra Pradesh

Countries Visited Widely travelledOther Information Government Service :Assistant Professor of

Chemistry, 1977-80; Member, (i) Indian Audit andAccounts Service (I.A.&A.S.), 1981-83,(ii) Indian Police Service (I.P.S.), 1983 and(iii) Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.), 1984-99; served as, (i) Collector and District Magistrate,Distt. Mandya, Karnataka, (ii) Deputy Secretary,Forests, PWD and Irrigation, Government ofKarnataka, (iii) Deputy Resident Commissioner,Karnataka Bhavan, (iv) Commissioner, SocialWelfare and Commissioner, Minority Welfare,Government of Karnataka and (v) Officer onSpecial Duty, State Planning Board, Governmentof Karnataka, July 2000-May 2004; underGovernment of India, worked as, Private Secretaryto Union Minister for Railways and Minister forSocial Welfare and General Manager, Handloomand Handicrafts Exports Corporation, 1992-98;resigned from the IAS in 1999 to join the IndianNational Congress Party; MPLADS: Taken upspecial project under MPLADS in Prakasam and

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Guntur Districts of Andhra Pradesh forconstruction of 350 community halls cum libraries,establishing 250 safe drinking water units and twogirls hostels with the assistance under CSR; wasSecretary, Indian National Congress Party incharge for the Delimitation Exercise and Indo-USParliamentarians Forum; was Member, GlobalAdvisory Group on HIV/AIDS; Member, (i) India-Bhutan Parliamentarians Forum and (ii) India-Pakistan Parliamentarians Forum; Secretary-General, (i) Forum of SC/ST Parliamentarians and(ii) Forum of Parliamentarians on HIV/AIDS; Inter-Parliamentary Union: served as Vice-Presidentof the first Standing Committee (Peace &International Security); attended, 112th (Manila),114th (Nairobi), 116th (Bali), 118th (Cape Town) and122nd (Panama City), IPU Assemblies; worked asRapporteur and Member, Drafting Committee andcontributed vastly during the proceedings; PGA,International Council: as member of theInternational Council of Parliamentarians forGlobal Action (PGA), participated in number ofinternational seminars and workshops onInternational Peace and Security, SustainableDevelopment, Democracy and other related issuesand contributed qualitatively; HIV/AIDS Work:as Secretary-General of the ParliamentariansForum on HIV/AIDS, assisted in organizingLegislators Fora in various States; conducted,(i) National Seminar of Elected Representatives in2003, (ii) Youth Parliament on HIV/AIDS in 2004,(iii) North East Zonal Convention of MLAs,Guwahati in 2005, (iv) National Convention of ZillaParishad Presidents and Mayors in 2006, (v) YouthParliament on HIV/AIDS in 2008 and (vi) NationalWorkshop for elected representatives in 2011;participated in, (i) the World AIDS Congress,Bangkok, 2004, Toronto, 2006 and Vienna, 2010,(ii) International Congress on AIDS in Asia Pacific,(ICAAP), Japan in 2005 and Colombo in 2007,(iii) the Euro Asia Leadership Workshop on AIDS,Moscow, October 2007, (iv) First GlobalParliamentarians Meeting on HIV/AIDS in Manila,November 2007, (v) SAARC regional seminars atIslamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Dhaka, during2005-2007; Academic: presented several paperson social empowerment, capacity building,energy, education, health, HIV/AIDS in nationaland international workshops and seminars

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SEEMA, DR. T.N.[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Kerala]

Father’s Name Shri P. Narayanan Nair

Mother’s Name Shrimati Manasi NairDate of Birth 1 June 1963

Place of Birth Thrissur (Kerala)

Marital Status Married on 23 December 1986Spouse’s Name Shri G. Jayaraj


Educational Qualifications B.A., M.A. (Malayalam), Ph.D. in MalayalamLiterature from University of Kerala,Diploma in Tamil from Central Institute of IndianLanguages, Mysore Diploma in UniversalisingSocial Security from Institute of Social Science,Hague, the Netherlands

Profession Teacher and Educationist, Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address TC 42/366(1), Parambil Jn., Sreevaraham,P.O. Vallakkadavu, Thiruvananthapuram-695008(Kerala)Tel.: 0471-2302802 (O)E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 423, V.P. House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001Mobile: 9013181556E-mail: tn.seema@sansad. nic. in

Positions Held


April 2010 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Food, ConsumerAffairs and Public DistributionMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil Aviation

Sept. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMember, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

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Books Published Authored, (i) Women and Local Planning (in Malayalam), 1997 and (ii) Globalisation andWomen (in Malayalam), 2000; Edited, (i) Equality in Development, 2000, (ii) GenderStatus Study, 2000, (iii) NeighbourhoodCollective, 1999, (iv) People’s Plan Campaign andWomen’s Advancement, 2000 and (v) Hrudayagaveshanam (poetry collection), 2012

Social and Cultural Activities, Editor, Sthreesabdam, a women’s monthly;Literary, Artistic and Scientific Member, (i) State Executive Committee ofAccomplishments and other Kudumbashree Poverty Alleviations Mission,Special Interests Kerala and (ii) Film Society; published poems in

Malayalam; has done many research programmeson subjects including anganwadi centres,decentralised planning, gender study manual,N.R.E.G.A. and Self Help Groups (S.H.G.)

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Music and filmsPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited The Netherlands, U.K. and U.S.A.

Other Information Was Teacher of Malayalam language and literaturein Government Colleges from 1991 to 2008; KeralaState President and National Vice-President, AllIndia Democratic Women’s Association

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SELVAGANAPATHI, SHRI T. M.[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri T.M. Muthusamy

Mother’s Name Shrimati Alagammal


Place of Birth Tiruchengodu, Distt. Namakkal (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Pappu Selvaganapathi

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Economics), M.A. (Economics), LL.B.Educated at Loyola College, Chennai, JawaharlalNehru University, New Delhi and Campus LawCentre, University of Delhi, Delhi

Profession Agriculturist, Advocate, Trade Unionist andPolitical and Social Worker

Permanent Address 212, K.M.S. Garden, Saradha College Road, Salem,Tamil Nadu - 636016Tel. : 0427- 2440555, 044- 24994948Mobile: 09444060252

Present Address C-203, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi -110001Tel.: 23353801, 23353802,

Positions Held

1991 - 96 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly1991 - 93 Cabinet Minister, Housing and Urban

Development, Tamil Nadu1993 - 96 Cabinet Minister, Local Administration, Rural

Development and Water Supply, Tamil Nadu

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1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok SabhaMember, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Absence of Members fromthe Sittings of the House

June 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on RailwaysSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Government Assurances


May 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Science and Technology,


Social and Cultural Activities, Free legal aid and counselling to the socially andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific economically oppressed people, women andAccomplishments and other workersSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Karate, shooting and badmintonPastimes and Recreation

Other Information Deeply interested in the welfare of the ScheduledTribes and Scheduled Castes; actively workingfor the upliftment of rural women

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SEN, SHRI TAPAN KUMAR[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Late Shri Bankim Chandra Sen

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Amiyamoyee Sen




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Debasri Sen


Educational Qualifications B.A.(Hons.) in EconomicsEducated at Presidency College, KolkataUniversity

Profession Industrial Worker/Trade Unionist

Permanent Address C-1, Prateekee Abasan, 109, Ultadanga Main Road,Kolkata - 700067 (West Bengal)Tel.: 033-23561958

Present Address 12-B, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi- 110001E-mail: [email protected]


Positions Held

April 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Petroleum and NaturalAug. 2009 onwards GasJune 2006- May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Fertilizers and Chemicals and Ministry of SteelAug. 2009 - May 2012 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of SteelApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

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Social and Cultural Activities, Writing regularly in the trade union and politicalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific journalsAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Listening to music; reading and socializingPastimes and Recreation with friends

Countries Visited U.K., with a trade union delegation at the invitationof the Commonwealth Trade Union Council,October 1990; Bangkok (Thailand), to attend theILO Programme/Seminar, March 1996; Japan, toattend the ASEAN Productivity Council, July1997; Geneva (Switzerland), as a member of theofficial delegation from India to attend theconferences of the ILO, June 1998, 2002, 2003,2004 and 2005; Australia, Uzbekistan, China, Brazil,France, Greece and Portugal with several tradeunion delegations

Other Information Had been a worker in Steel Authority of IndiaLimited (SAIL); a trade union activist since 1971;resigned from service in 1997 to take upassignment as a full time official of the Centre ofIndian Trade Unions (CITU); Secretary, SteelWorkers’ Federation of India; General Secretary,CITU

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SHAFI, SHRI MOHAMMAD[J & K National Conference - Jammu and Kashmir]

Father’s Name Shri Amir-ud-Din

Mother’s Name Shrimati Fatima Begum


Place of Birth Uri, Distt. Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Hamida Begum

Children Four sons and three daughters

Educational Qualifications B.A., LL. B.Educated at University of Kashmir, Srinagar


Permanent Address J-36, Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar-190001(Jammu and Kashmir)

Present Address 12-A, Canning Lane, New Delhi-110001Mobile: 9868181943E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1972 - 77 and 1977 - 83 Member, Jammu and Kashmir LegislativeAssembly (two terms)

1977 - 82 Minister of State for Education, Government ofJammu and Kashmir

1983 - 87 Member, Jammu and Kashmir LegislativeAssembly (third term)

1983 - 84 Cabinet Minister for Information, Education andSocial Welfare, Government of Jammu and Kashmir

1987 - 90 Member, Jammu and Kashmir LegislativeAssembly (fourth term)Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, RuralDevelopment, Cooperative and Panchayat Raj,Government of Jammu and Kashmir

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1996 - 2002 Member, Jammu and Kashmir LegislativeAssembly (fifth term)

1996 - 2000 Cabinet Minister for Finance, Government ofJammu and Kashmir

Jan. 2000 - 2002 Cabinet Minister for Education, Government ofJammu and Kashmir

Feb. 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Energy

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Human Resource Development

Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on RulesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and

EmpowermentOct. 2012 onwards Member, General Assembly of the Indian Council

for Cultural Relations

Social and Cultural Activities, Implemented educational reforms in Jammu andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Kashmir; regional language and culture; socialAccomplishments and other service and protection of human rightsSpecial Interests


Other Information Introduced Panchayat Raj system in the State ofJammu and Kashmir

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SHANTA KUMAR, SHRI[Bharatiya Janata Party - Himachal Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Jagannath Sharma

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kaushalya Devi


Place of Birth Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Santosh Kumari


Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at Panjab University and Delhi LawCollege, Delhi


Permanent Address Yamini Parisar, Palampur, Distt. Kangra-176061(Himachal Pradesh)Tel.: 01894-230630Fax: 01894-232588Mobile: 09418030630E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 23, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23745003, 23745005E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1963 - 65 Panch, Gram Panchayat, Garhjamula,Distt. Kangra, Himachal PradeshMember, Panchayat Samiti, Bhawarna

1965 - 70 President, Zilla Parishad, Kangra1972 - 85 and 1990 - 92 Member, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly1977 - 80 and 1990 - 92 Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh1980 - 85 Leader of the Opposition, Himachal Pradesh

Legislative Assembly

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1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha13 Oct. 1999 - 17 July 2000 Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public

Distribution, Government of India17 July 2001 - 1 July 2002 Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Distribution, Government of India1 July 2002 - 6 April 2003 Minister of Rural Development, Government of

IndiaApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Public AccountsAug.2009 - May 2010Aug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureAug. 2009 onwards Chairman, Committee on CommerceOct. 2009 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeApril 2012 onwards Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen,

Rajya Sabha (re-nominated on 9 November 2012)

June 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Ethics

Books Published In Hindi: (i) Dharti Balidan Ki, 1962,(ii) Himalaya Par Lal Chhaya, 1964, (iii) VishwaVijeta Vivekanand, 1968, (iv) Lajo,1976, (v) ManKe Meet,1976, (vi) Kaidi,1976, (vii) Jyotirmayi,1977, (viii) O Pravasi Meet Mere, 1977,(ix) Mrigtrishna, 1980, (x) Kranti Abhi AdhooriHai, 1985, (xi) Deewar Ke Us Paar, 1995,(xii) Rajneeti Ki Shatranj, 1997 (xiii) Tumhare PyarKi Pati, 1999, (xiv) Vrinda, 2007 and(xv) Bhrashtachar Ka Karwa Satya

Social and Cultural Activities, Actively engaged in various literary activities,Literary, Artistic and Scientific creative writing and constructive activities;Accomplishments and other President, Vivekanand Medical Research Trust,Special Interests Palampur

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Meditation and yogaPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Canada, Egypt, U.S.A., Singapore and Thailand

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SHARMA, SHRI RAGHUNANDAN[Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Gauri Shankar Sharma

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Ram Sukhi Bai


Place of Birth Sujaanpura, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Shanti Devi Sharma

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications M.A. (Political Science)Educated at Vikram University, Ujjain


Permanent Address Near Dana Pani Restaurant, Ahead of 12 No., E-8,Arera Colony, Bhopal - 462039 (Madhya Pradesh)Tel.: 0755-2421947

Present Address B-202, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23094947, 23766494Mobile : 9868181857E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1977 - 80 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative AssemblyApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersAug. 2009 onwards

May 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Food Processing IndustriesMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Official Language

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Books Published (i) Jwalant Prashn-Secular Jawab RashtravadiSoch, 2001, (ii) Samajik Samrasta Evam VarnaVyavastha, 2006, (iii) Prabhu Preet Ke Geet , 2007,(iv) Jigyasa-Samadhan, 2008, (v) Vichar Kanikaand (vi) Kurukshetre Mein

Social and Cultural Activities, Study of the ancient Indian scriptures, writingLiterary, Artistic and Scientific poems; interested in writing essays, etc. onAccomplishments and other different subjectsSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Was Captain of the Indian sports during collegePastimes and Recreation days, 1967-68

Countries Visited U.K., to propagate spiritual messages of JagatguruShankaracharya, Bhanpura Peeth, 2005

Other Information State President, Bharatiya Janshakti, 2006-2007;State Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party,2000-2006; State Secretary, Bharatiya JanataParty, 1985-2000; District President, Janata Party,1979 - 80 ; District General Secretary, JanataParty, 1977-79; Director, (i) Madhya PradeshState Road Transport Corporation, 1977-88,(ii) Central Cooperative Bank, Mandsaur,Neemach, 1978-80 and (iii) Land DevelopementBank, Mandsaur, 1978-80

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SHARMA, SHRI SATISH[Indian National Congress - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Balwant Rai Sharma

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kamala Devi Sharma


Place of Birth Secunderabad (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Sterre Sharma


Educational Qualifications Higher Secondary; Commercial Pilots Licence;Airline Transport Pilots LicenceEducated at Mothers School, New Delhi;Hyderabad and Kansas City, U.S.A.

Profession Accredited Commercial Pilot

Permanent Address (i) Farm No. 30, Mandi Village, Dera Mandi Road,Mehrauli, New Delhi-110030Tel. : 011-26651312, 26651131

(ii) Gram - Chamasari (Kaplani)Post - Chamasari via Mussoorie, Tehsil - Dehra,Distt. Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

Present Address 34, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-26651312E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

July 1986 Elected to Rajya SabhaMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil Aviation and Tourism

1991 - 96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha1993 - 96 Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (second term)

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1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (third term)1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism2000 - Feb. 2004, Member, Consultative Committee for theOct. 2004 -May 2009 and Ministry of Civil Aviation Aug. 2009 - July 2010July 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism andAug. 2009 onwards CultureJuly 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pioneering work in promoting aero sports and lawnPastimes and Recreation tennis; President, (i) Delhi Lawn Tennis

Association, (ii) Delhi Flying Club since 1981 and(iii) Aero Club of India since 1984; Vice-President,Federation of Aeronautics International, Paris;aviation sports, gardening and reading


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SHUKLA, SHRI RAJEEV[Indian National Congress - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shri Ram Kumar Shukla

Mother’s Name Shrimati Shanti Devi Shukla




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Anuradha Prasad Shukla


Educational Qualifications M.A., LL.B.Educated at P.P.N. College, Kanpur University,Christ Church College, Kanpur University andV.S.S.D. College of Law, Kanpur University

Profession Journalism

Permanent Address 46, Shri Sanman Co-operative Housing Society,Juhu Varsova Link Road, Four Bunglow,Andheri (W), Mumbai-400058 (Maharashtra)

Present Address 5, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-110 011Telefax: 011-23792545, 23792575E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected] Held

April 2000 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2000 - 2001 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of External AffairsApril 2000 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of FinanceJan. 2001- Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Information TechnologyMarch 2001 - June 2004 Member, Press Council of IndiaJan. 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Civil Aviation

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Aug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasAug. 2004 - May 2006 Member, House CommitteeOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Commerce and IndustryApril 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)Sept. 2006 - April 2012 Member, Business Advisory CommitteeFeb. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Health and Family WelfareAug. 2009 - July 2011 Member, Committee on Urban DevelopmentSept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationSept. 2009 - Nov. 2011 Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and

Allowances of Members of ParliamentOct. 2009 - July 2011 Member, Joint Committee on Food Management

in Parliament House ComplexJuly 2010 - July 2011 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of FinanceJan. 2011 onwards Member, Press Council of India12 July 2011 onwards Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary

AffairsApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)28 Oct. 2012 onwards Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning

Social and Cultural Activities, Host of popular T.V. Show “Rubaru”;Literary, Artistic and Scientific interviewed all the prominent personalities ofAccomplishments and other India and Pakistan; anchor of a popular showSpecial Interests “Nishan” on Doordarshan; well-known

columnist; known columns – ‘Power Play’ and‘Front Foot’ which appear in 14 newspapers inthe country including the Indian Express, DainikJagran, Sunday Magazine and Rediff on Net

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Chairman, Indian Premier League (IPL); FormerPastimes and Recreation Vice-President, Board of Control for Cricket in

India (BCCI); Honorary Secretary, Uttar PradeshCricket Association (UPCA); has previouslyserved as Chairman of B.C.C.I. Committees -Finance Committee, Junior Cricket Committee,Communication and Co-ordination Committee andVizzy Trophy Committee; Member, (i) MarketingCommittee, B.C.C.I., (ii) Working CommittteeB.C.C.I., (iii) Managing Committee, Delhi andDistrict Cricket Association (DDCA) and(iv) Governing Council, Hockey India League

Countries Visited Accompanied the Prime Minister and the Presidentof India on their foreign visits several times; visitedaround 80 countries of the world including U.S.A.,U.K., Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Spain,Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Turkey, South

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Africa, Tanzania, Brazil, Japan, Russia, China,U.A.E., Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong,Thailand, Australia, etc.; led the IndianParliamentary Goodwill delegation to Australiain 2013

Other Information Reporter, Northern India Patrika in Kanpuroffice, 1978-79; Sub Editor, Dainik Jagran,Kanpur and later Bureau Chief, Dainik Jagran,Lucknow, 1980-83; Correspondent (WesternU.P.), Jansatta daily, 1983-85; SpecialCorrespondent, Ravivar magazine, 1985-88;Political Editor, Sunday magazine, Delhi,1988-92; Executive Editor, Sunday Observer,1992-95; Senior Editor, Sunday Observer,1995-2000; Convener, Indo-US ParliamentaryForum

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SINGH, SHRI AMAR[Independent - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Harish Chandra Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Shail Kumari Singh


Place of Birth Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Pankaja Kumari Singh


Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at St. Xavier’s College and UniversityCollege of Law, Kolkata


Permanent Address A-361, Chikambarpur, Surya Nagar,Distt. Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)

Present Address (i) E-593, Greater Kailash-II, New Delhi-110 048 Tel.: 29226507, 29225377 Fax: 29213684

(ii) 27, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi Tel.: 24616831, 24616832, 24616833 Fax: 91-11-24636299

E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Nov. 1996 Elected to Rajya Sabha1997 - 98 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table1998 - 99, Oct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for theand July 2009 onwards Ministry of FinanceJune 1998 - Feb. 2004 and Member, Committee on FinanceAug. 2004 - Aug. 2006

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1999 - 2001 Member, Committee on Provision of Computersto Members of Rajya Sabha

Dec. 1999 - July 2000 Member, Select Committee on Prevention ofMoney Laundering Bill, 1999

Dec.1999 - Nov. 2000 Member, Joint Committee on Central VigilanceCommission Bill, 1999Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Informal Consultative Committee forNorthern Railway Zone

April 2001 - Dec. 2002 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on StockMarket Scam and matters relating thereto

March 2002 - Nov. 2002 Member, Committee on PetitionsNov. 2002 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2003 - Aug. 2004 Member, Committee of PrivilegesAug. 2004 - May 2009 and Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee onAug.2009 - Aug. 2010 Health and Family WelfareAug. 2004 - Oct. 2010 Member, General Purposes CommitteeSept. 2006 - Sept. 2010 Member, Business Advisory CommitteeMay 2008 - Nov. 2008 and Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsFeb. 2009 - May 2010Nov. 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2010 - Aug. 2010 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and

Public HealthSept. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Development

Social and Cultural Activities, Promotion of art, culture, sports, education andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific upliftment of the downtroddenAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Member, (i) India International Centre, NewPastimes and Recreation Delhi, (ii) N.O.I.D.A. Golf Club, (iii) New Delhi

D.D.A. Sports Complex and (iv) Army GolfCourse; listening to music, seeing movies andreading books

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., Germany, Thailand, Singapore, HongKong, Switzerland, Denmark, France, Australia,Austria, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Italy, Braziland Scotland

Other Information Was Director, (i) Indian Airlines, (ii) State Bank ofIndia and (iii) National Textiles Corporation;prev ious ly assoc ia ted wi th Congress ;

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was Secretary, District Congress Committee,Calcutta; was Member, (i) A.I.C.C. and (ii) UnitedFront Steering Committee; Member, (i) Board ofGovernors of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan,(ii) Telephone Advisory Committee, TelecomDistrict Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 1998,(iii) Telephone Advisory Committee, TelecomDistrict Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 1999 and (iv) HindiSalahkar Samiti of the Department of DefenceProduction and Supplies and Defence Researchand Development Organisation; was All IndiaGeneral Secretary, Samajwadi Party; wasNational Spokesperson, Samajwadi Party

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SINGH, SHRI ARVIND KUMAR[Samajwadi Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Avdhesh Narain Singh

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Kalawati Devi


Place of Birth Sabua, Distt. Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Seema Singh

Children One son

Educational Qualifications M.A., LL.B.Educated at Lucknow University, Lucknow

Profession Agriculture

Permanent Address Village and P.O. Sabua, Distt. Ghazipur(Uttar Pradesh)Mobile : 09013181968, 09450661743

Present Address 61, South Avenue, New DelhiE-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare

Member, Committee on Welfare of OtherBackward Classes

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Youth

Other Information Art Representative, Lucknow UniversityStudents Union, 1991-92; Vice-President,Lucknow University Students Union, 1994-95;President, Lucknow University Students Union,1997-98

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SINGH, SHRI BASHISTHA NARAIN[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Kamta Singh

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Lakhmuni Devi


Place of Birth Village Kopwan, Distt. Buxar (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Hewanti Singh


Educational Qualifications M.A. (History)Educated at Patna University, Patna


Permanent Address Lalganj, Karvi, P.O. Dumrao Textiles, P.S. Dumrao,Distt. Buxar (Bihar)Mobile: 09472810200

Present Address 7, Canning Lane, New DelhiMobile: 9013181947E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1977 - 79 Member, Senate, Kameshwar Singh Sanskrit

Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga, BiharMember, Sports Council, Bihar

1980 - 85 General Secretary, Janata Party, Bihar1989 - 90 Member, Executive Committee, Janata Dal, Bihar1990 Member, Parliamentary Board, Janata Dal1990 - 94 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly

Cabinet Minister, Government of Bihar1995 - 98 President, Samata Party, Bihar

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1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok SabhaMember, Standing Committee on AgricultureMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof PowerMember, Railway Convention Committee

1999 - 2001 Chairman, Parliamentary Board, Samata PartyNov. 1999 - March 2000 Chairman, Passenger Services Committee, Railway

BoardApril 2000 - Feb. 2002 Chairman, Passenger Amenities Committee,

Railway BoardApril 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on RailwaysAug. 2004 - May 2006 Member, Committee on AgricultureAug. 2004 - May 2006 and Member, House CommitteeSept. 2006 - March 2008Oct. 2004 - March 2008 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of PowerJune 2006 - March 2008 Member, Committee on Coal and SteelApril 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Railways

Member, Parliamentary Forum on DisasterManagement

Books Published Published articles in newspapers and edited onespecial magazine on Bangladesh

Social and Cultural Activities, Championed the cause of farmers and led theirLiterary, Artistic and Scientific agitations; associated with labour activities;Accomplishments and other participated in various discussions on social andSpecial Interests economic problems being faced by the country

and relief operations during flood and drought

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football player at High School levelPastimes and Recreation


Other Information Member, Steering Committee, J.P. Movement;imprisoned several times during the J.P.Movement; imprisoned for nineteen monthsduring the Emergency; administered oath atShaheed Smarak, Patna to the members of thenewly constituted Bihar Vidhan Sabha in 1977,who were associated with the J.P. Movement

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SINGH, SHRI BIRENDER[Indian National Congress - Haryana]

Father’s Name Late Ch. Neki Ram

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Bhagwan Devi


Place of Birth Rohtak (Haryana)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Prem Lata


Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at Government College, Rohtak,Haryana and Department of Law, Chandigarh

Profession Advocate and Agriculturist

Permanent Address Village and P.O. Dumarkhan Kalan, Distt. Jind(Haryana)

Present Address 84, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110022Tel.: 011-24615399, 26183520

Positions Held

1972 - 77 Chairman, Block Samiti, Uchana1977 - 82, 1982 - 84, 1991 - 96 Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly1996 - 2000 and 2005 - 20091982 - 84, 1991 - 92 and 2005 - 2009 Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana1978 - 79 Chairman, Government Assurances Committee,

Haryana Legislative Assembly1981 - 82 Chairman, Estimates Committee, Haryana

Legislative Assembly1984 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha1985 - 87 Member, Estimates Committee

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Defence

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1987 - 89 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Energy

1987 - 91 Secretary, Parliamentary Forum on FarmersAug. 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on DefenceSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee of PrivilegesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Energy

Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairsand Public Distribution

Social and Cultural Activities, Social service; was Member, Haryana PradeshLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Harijan Sevak Sangh, 1974-77; keen interestAccomplishments and other in setting up of educational institutions for higherSpecial Interests and technical education in the State

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket, athletics, reading history books,Pastimes and Recreation interacting with common people, watching

television and listening to music; was President,Rotary Club, Jind, 1977-78; was Captain of thecricket team of Government College, Rohtak,1964-67 and Panjab University Campus, 1969-70

Countries Visited Brazil and U.K., as a member of the States’Finance Ministers’ Delegation to study V.A.T.,2007; the Netherlands, as a member of theGovernment delegation, 1987-88; U.S.A.,Germany, Nicaragua, West Indies, erstwhileU.S.S.R., Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana andSuriname

Other Information President, (i) District Youth Congress, 1970-80,(ii) District Congress Committee, 1977-82,(iii) Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress, 1980-82, and (iv) Haryana Pradesh Congress, 1985-86 and 1990-92; Senior Vice-President, WorldYouth Action against Apartheid, 1987-90;Secretary, (i) Chhotu Ram Kisan College and (ii)Jat High School, Jind; General Secretary, (i)Haryana Youth Council, 1964-66, (ii) All IndiaIndira Congress (Tiwari), 1995-96 and (iii)A.I.C.C., Incharge of Uttar Pradesh Affairs;Special invitee of Congress WorkingCommittee (CWC), 1988-90 and 2004-2005;Member, Central Election Committee, All IndiaCongress Committee; attended, (i) World Peaceand Solidarity Conference at Patna, 1976,(ii) All India University Students WelfareConference at Delhi, 1966, (iii) InternationalYouth Conference at New Delhi and Moscow,1982 and (iv) Youth Conference of Non-alignedcountries, 1986

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SINGH, SHRI ISHWAR[Indian National Congress - Haryana]

Father’s Name Shri Singh Ram

Mother’s Name Shrimati Shardi Devi


Place of Birth Jadaula, Distt. Kaithal (Haryana)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Sona Devi


Educational Qualifications M.A., LL.B.Educated at Kurukshetra University,Kurukshetra


Permanent Address House No. 70, Sector-13, Kurukshetra - 136118(Haryana)Tel.: 01744-220984 (R), 225800 (O)Fax: 01744-220777

Present Address 5, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23794489Mobile: 9868181399, 09416035784E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]@sansad.nic.in

Positions Held

1977 - 82 Member, Haryana Legislative AssemblyApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on AgricultureAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010

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May 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for theAug. 2009 onwards Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Railways

Permanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Tourism

Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled

Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Committee on Rules

Social and Cultural Activities, As a member of the Kurukshetra District BarLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Association, provided free legal aid to theAccomplishments and other needy and poor litigants belonging to ruralSpecial Interests areas and weaker sections of the society; has

been taking steps to spread education in ruralareas; established two teachers' training collegesand one junior teachers' training institute; an MBAinstitute and a polytechnic institute are also beingestablished; interested in ancient Indian heritageand culture

Sports, Clubs, Favourite His favourite sport has been volleyball duringPastimes and Recreation school days; as a school teacher, arranged several

volleyball competitions to promote this sport inrural areas of Haryana

Countries Visited U.S.A.

Other Information Chairman, (i) Central Co - operative Bank,Kurukshetra, July 1978 - May 1979, (ii) Board ofSchool Education, Haryana, September-October1979 and (iii) Housing Board, Haryana, October1979 - April 1982; President, District CongressCommittee, Kaithal, 2003-2005; Director, Housingand Urban Development Corporation Limited(HUDCO), December 2007 - March 2008; activelyengaged in articulating the public concerns/sentiments especially of the poor sections of thesociety

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SINGH, SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN[Bharatiya Janata Party - Jharkhand]

Father’s Name Late Shri Dwarika Nath Singh

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Vidyawati Devi


Place of Birth Chhitoli, Distt. Siwan (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Bishakha Singh

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.Sc. (Hons.)Educated at Bihar University

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer and Political and SocialWorker

Permanent Address Asha Ram Keshan Road, Castair’s Town,B-Deoghar-814112 (Jharkhand)Tel.: 06432-225000Mobile: 9431183181

Present Address 116, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23093141Mobile: 9868181381E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Coal and SteelAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on LabourAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Statistics andProgramme Implementation

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Aug. 2009 - 2012 Member, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Coal

Aug. 2009 onwards Permanent Special Invitee, ConsultativeCommittee for the Ministry of Communicationsand Information Technology

Other Information Vice-Chairman, Marketing Board, Deoghar(Jharkhand) for five terms (three years for eachterm); Member, Board of Directors, AgriculturalMarketing Board, Ranchi for three years; Member,Board of Directors, Co-operative Bank, Deogharfor three years

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SINGH, DR. KANWAR DEEP[All India Trinamool Congress - Jharkhand]

Father’s Name Late Shri Amar Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Ishar Kaur


Place of Birth Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Harpreet Kaur

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B.A., Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab)Doctorate in Business Administration (HonorisCausa) conferred by Anglia Rusken University,Cambridge, U.K.

Profession Political and Social Worker, Philanthropist

Permanent Address House No. 159, Sector 9B, Chandigarh-160009

Present Address 100, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel. : 26234243, 23795405Mobile : 9013181155E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

Feb. 2009 onwards Chairman, Central Advisory Board, MinimumWages, Ministry of Labour and Employment,Government of IndiaChairman, National Meat and Poultry ProcessingBoard, Ministry of Food Processing Industries,Government of India

July 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Standing Committee on Urban

Development

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Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Civil Aviation

March 2013 onwards Member, Committee on InformationTechnology

Social and Cultural Activities, Awarded (i) Rashtriya Ratan Award by theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Integration and Economic Council of India,Accomplishments and other (ii) Udyog Ratan Award by the Institute of EconomicSpecial Interests Study; supports a variety of charities for orphans,

elderly and physically challenged

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Captained the college cricket team and tablePastimes and Recreation tennis team; avid reader, well read all genres

including literature, philosophy, history,management and biographies

Countries Visited U.S.A., U.K., Germany, the Netherlands,Denmark, Russia, Singapore, France, Malaysia,Turkey, Hong Kong, Thailand, Italy, Switzerland,Belgium, U.A.E., Nepal and Spain

Other Information Chairman, Emeritus and founder of theAlchemist Group in 1981 (a self-made first-generation entrepreneur who started at theyoung age of 19 years), after 32 years of hardwork the group comprises of 11 companies andemploys 10,000 people in various sectors suchas food processing, health care(pharmaceuticals), hospitality (hotels & resorts),food and beverages (restaurants chain), teaestates, steel, real estate and infrastructuredevelopment; retired from active business anddevotes full time to Parliament, political andsocial causes; supported various philanthropiccauses through charity and donations; a visionary,believes in EQ (Emotional Quotient) more thatIQ (Intelligence Quotient); has various distinctachievements during his career as an industrialist

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SINGH, DR. MANMOHAN[Indian National Congress - Assam]

Father’s Name Shri Gurmukh Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Amrit Kaur


Place of Birth Village Gah (West Punjab)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Gursharan Kaur


Educational Qualifications M.A. (Economics), Panjab University, Chandigarh,First Class with first position in the University,Economics Tripos (First Class Honours),University of Cambridge, U.K., D.Phil., NuffieldCollege, University of Oxford, U.K.

Profession Civil Service, Economist, Political and SocialWorker, Teacher and Educationist

Permanent Address House No. 3989, Nandan Nagar, Ward No. 51,Sarumataria, Dispur, Guwahati - 781006 (Assam)

Present Address 7, Race Course Road, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23018939Fax: 23010233E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Nov. 1976 - April 1980 Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department ofEconomic Affairs), Government of IndiaMember, Finance, Atomic Energy Commission,Government of IndiaMember, Finance, Space Commission,Government of India

April 1980 - 15 Sept. 1982 Member-Secretary, Planning Commission1980 - 83 Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan

Joint Study Committee

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16 Sept. 1982 - 14 Jan. 1985 Governor, Reserve Bank of India1982 - 85 Alternate Governor for India, Board of Governors,

I.M.F.1983 - 84 Member, Economic Advisory Council to the

Prime Minister1985 President, Indian Economic Association15 Jan. 1985 - 31 July 1987 Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission1 Aug. 1987 - 10 Nov. 1990 Secretary-General and Commissioner, South

Commission, Geneva10 Dec. 1990 - 14 March 1991 Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on

Economic Affairs15 March 1991 - 20 June 1991 Chairman, U.G.C.21 June 1991 - 15 May 1996 Union Finance MinisterOct. 1991 Elected to Rajya Sabha1991 - 95 Governor for India on the Board of Governors

of the I.M.F. and the International Bank forReconstruction and Development

June 1995 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)1 Aug. 1996 - 4 Dec. 1997 Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on

Commerce21 March 1998 - 21 May 2004 Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha5 June 1998 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Finance13 Aug. 1998 - 21 May 2004 Member, Committee on Rules13 Aug. 1998 - 2001 Member, Committee of Privileges2000 - May 2004 Member, Executive Committee, Indian

Parliamentary GroupJune 2001 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)22 May 2004 onwards Prime Minister of India

Leader of the House, Rajya SabhaJune 2007 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term)June 2013 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fifth term)

Books Published Author of a book entitled “India’s Export Trendsand Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth”Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1964; alsopublished a large number of articles in variouseconomic journals

Social and Cultural Activities, Recipient of honorary degrees of D.Litt., DoctorLiterary, Artistic and Scientific of Laws, Doctor of Social Sciences, D.Sc. etc.Accomplishments and other from several universities in India and abroad;Special Interests conferred several medals/prizes/awards

including Padma Vibhushan, 1987, EuromoneyAward, Finance Minister of the year, 1993,Asiamoney Award, Finance Minister of the yearfor Asia, 1993 and 1994, Jawaharlal Nehru BirthCentenary Award of the Indian Science Congress

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Association, 1994-95, Honorary Degree by OxfordUniversity, U.K., 2005, ‘Professor Honoris Causa’by Moscow State University, 2005, HonoraryDoctorate by University of Cambridge, U.K., 2006,Doctor of Laws by the University of Alberta,Edmonton, Canada, 2010

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Life Member, (i) India Habitat Centre, (ii) BhaiPastimes and Recreation Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, (iii) India International

Centre, (iv) Indian Economic Association and(v) Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; reading andwriting

Countries Visited Travelled extensively in Europe, North America,Latin America, Africa and Asia

Other Information Elected, Wrenbury Scholar, University ofCambridge, 1957; Senior Lecturer, Economics,1957-59; Reader, Economics, 1959-63; Professor,(i) Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh,1963-65 and (ii) International Trade, Delhi Schoolof Economics, University of Delhi, 1969-71;Honorary Professor, (i) Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, New Delhi, 1976 and (ii) Delhi Schoolof Economics, University of Delhi, 1996; EconomicAffairs Officer, 1966 and Chief, Financing for TradeSection, U.N.C.T.A.D., United Nations Secretariat,New York, 1966-69; Deputy for India in I.M.F.Committee of Twenty on International MonetaryReform, 1972-74; associated with several bodies/institutions in various capacities; leader ofseveral Indian delegations; attended/participated in many summits/meetings/conferences like Commonwealth Heads ofGovernment Meeting, Meeting of theU.N.C.T.A.D., Ministerial Meeting of G-77,Human Rights World Conference, AnnualMeetings of I.M.F., I.B.R.D. and CommonwealthFinance Ministers, Cancun Summit on North-South Issues, etc.; represented Secretary-General,U.N.C.T.A.D. at several Inter-Governmentalmeetings; appointed as Member of a Group ofEminent Persons on Financing for Developmentby Secretary-General, U.N., 2000; Chairman,Commonwealth Expert Group on Development andDemocracy appointed by CommonwealthSecretary-General, 2001-2003

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SINGH, SMT. MAYA[Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Gambhir Singh Rana

Mother’s Name Shrimati Uma Devi


Place of Birth Distt. Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shri Dhyanendra Singh

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications M.A. (Political Science)Educated at Jiwaji University, Gwalior (MadhyaPradesh)


Permanent Address (i) Rani Mahal, Lashkar, Gwalior(Madhya Pradesh)Telefax.: 0751-2320518

(ii) E-182/4, Professor Colony, Bhopal(Madhya Pradesh)Tel.: 0755- 2660121

Present Address Bunglow No. 9, Safdarjung Lane,New Delhi-110011Tel.: 011-23794363Fax : 23794362E-mail : [email protected]

`[email protected]

Positions Held

1984 - 88 Councillor and Deputy Mayor, Gwalior MunicipalCorporation, Madhya Pradesh

1991 - 93 Treasurer, Social Welfare Board, MadhyaPradesh

1999 - 2001 Member, Indian Railway Board (PAC), Ministryof Railways

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April 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha2002 - 2003 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural

DevelopmentApril 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of Communications and InformationTechnology

April 2002 - Feb. 2004 and Member, Committee on Papers Laid on theAug. 2004 - Aug.2006 TableApril 2002 onwards Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti of the Ministry

of Water ResourcesDec. 2002 onwards Member, Central Committee of the Tuberculosis

Association of IndiaJan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureJan. 2003 onwards Member, National Board on Wildlife of the

Ministry of Environment and ForestsJan. 2003 - May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on HIV/AIDSApril 2003 onwards Member, Inter-Parliamentary Union

Coordination Committee of WomenParliamentarians of Asia and Pacific Group

June 2003 - July 2010 Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - April 2008 and Member, Committee on Empowerment ofSept. 2009 onwards WomenAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Health and Family

WelfareOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of RailwaysAug. 2005 onwards Member, Indian Nursing CouncilFeb. 2006 - May 2009 and Member, Parliamentary Forum on ChildrenAug. 2012 onwardsMay 2006 - May 2007 Member, Committee on the Welfare of

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesSept. 2006 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on PetitionsApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2009 onwards Member, Business Advisory CommitteeAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentSept. 2009 - March 2012 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasAug. 2010 - Dec. 2010 Member, Select Committee to the Prevention

of Torture Bill, 2010Aug. 2010 onwards Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Rajya

Sabha Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministryof Consumer Affairs, Food and PublicDistribution Member, Rajbhasha Committee,Central Railways

Nov. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme

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March 2012 onwards Chairperson, Committee on SubordinateLegislationMember, General Purposes Committee

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Science andTechnology, Environment and Forests

Social and Cultural Activities, Actively involved in social work since 1980Literary, Artistic and Scientific and held several positions such as President,Accomplishments and other Mahila Mandal, Gwalior, an institution affiliatedSpecial Interests to All India Women Conference (A.I.W.C.) and

Member, Nari Udyog Mandir; Ex-Member, Boardof Governors, Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior;Patron, Bharati Niwaran Sangh; Director, BalBhavan, Gwalior; established schools for poorchildren under the name of Balak Mandir Schooland many institutions and organizations to helpthe poor and underprivileged; has rendered socialservice for women belonging to the backwardclasses and rural areas through variousinstitutions

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Keen interest in music, art, travelling and culturalPastimes and Recreation clubs

Countries Visited China, Singapore, Germany, U.S.A., U.K., Dubai(U.A.E.), Chile, South Africa, Turkey, CzechRepublic, Republic of Croatia, Greece, Mexico,France, Egypt, Oman and Thailand

Other Information Joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) in 1980;Organisational Incharge, B.J.P., Mahila Morcha,Gwalior-Chambal Division, 1981-84; State Vice-President, (i) B.J.P. Mahila Morcha, MadhyaPradesh, 1989-91 and (ii) B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh,2007-2010; State President, B.J.P. Mahila Morcha,Madhya Pradesh, 1991-95; All India GeneralSecretary, B.J.P. Mahila Morcha, 1995-97; AllIndia President, B.J.P. Mahila Morcha, 1997-2000;Ex-Member, (i) B.J.P. Central ElectionCommittee, 2000-2002, (ii) B.J.P. State ElectionCommittee, 2000-2002 and (iii) B.J.P. StateDiscipline Committee, 2000-2002; All IndiaGeneral Secretary, Spokesperson andHeadquarters’ incharge, B.J.P., 2000-2002;General Secretary, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh andB.J.P. State Spokesperson since 2010

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SINGH, SHRI MOHAN[Samajwadi Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Mahendra Pratap Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Surya Jyoti Kunwari


Place of Birth Deoria (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Urmila Singh


Educational Qualifications M.A.Educated at Shri Krishna Inter College, Barahaj,Deoria and Allahabad University, Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh


Permanent Address Vill. Jai Nagar, P.O. Gaura Jai Nagar,Distt. Deoria-274001 (Uttar Pradesh)

Present Address AB-5, Pandara Road, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 23782392, 23782393Mobile: 9868180527E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1977 - 85 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1977 - 79 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Uttar

Pradesh Legislative Assembly1978 - 80 Minister of State, Government of Uttar Pradesh1980 - 85 Chief Whip, Lok Dal Legislature Party, Uttar

Pradesh1983 - 85 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Uttar

Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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1990 - 91 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative CouncilMember, Committee of Privileges, Uttar PradeshLegislative Council

1991 - 96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha1991 - 94 Deputy Chief Whip, Janata Dal Parliamentary

Party1994 - 96 Chief Whip, Samata Party1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (second term)

Member, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Swatantrata Sainik Samman PensionSchemeMember, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Tourism

2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (third term)Member, National Executive, Samajwadi PartyMember, Committee on Rural DevelopmentMember, House CommitteeChief Whip, Samajwadi Parliamentary Party

Aug. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Home AffairsJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2010 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasSept. 2010 - Dec. 2012 Member, Committee on EthicsNov. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development SchemeAug. 2011 onwards Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentDec. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

Management

Books Published In Hindi: (i) Yadain Aur Batain, (ii) BharatiyaSamvidhan ke Nirman Mein Nehru and(iii) Bhartiya Lok Tantra Ka Sankat; inEnglish : (i) History of Socialist Movement,(ii) Dr. Ambedkar-A multifaceted personality and(iii) Freedom Movement and SocialistContribution

Social and Cultural Activities, Contributed a number of articles in variousLiterary, Artistic and Scientific magazines and newspapers; associated with aAccomplishments and other number of cultural societies; political activities,Special Interests constructive and developmental work

Countries Visited Belgium, Germany, Holland, Thailand, U.K.,U.S.A.; took part in Samajwadi Yuva Sammelanheld at Brussels in 1974 and also in several other

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countries like Germany, Holland, Indonesia,Malaysia, Portugal and Spain

Other Information As a student took keen interest in debatecompetitions; President, Allahabad UniversityStudents’ Union, 1968-69; was detained for20 months during the Emergency for taking partin Jayaprakash Narayan’s Movement; imprisonedseveral times while taking part in student agitation,1966 for demonstrating in front of and trying tooccupy Anand Bhavan, Allahabad; also in anagitation launched by the Samajwadi SocialistParty on the language issue and jailed along withShri Madhu Limaye for participating in Satyagraha,1973; General-Secretary, (i) All India SamajwadiYuvjan Sabha, 1973-74, (ii) Janata Party, U.P.,1977-80, (iii) Lok Dal, 1985-86 and (iv) Lok Dal (A),1986-87; Joint Secretary, Socialist Party, UttarPradesh, 1973-74; Elected General Secretary andSpokesman, Samajwadi Party; awarded the BestParliamentarian Award for the year 2008

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SINGH, SHRI N.K.[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri T.P. Singh

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Madhuri Singh




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Prem Kumari


Educational Qualifications M.A. (Economics)Educated at St. Stephen’s College, University ofDelhi and Delhi School of Economics, Delhi

Profession Civil Service

Permanent Address Tribhuvan Madhuri Nivas (Shekhpura House),Shekhpura, Thana - Shastri Nagar, Bailey Road,Patna - 800014 (Bihar)Tel.: 0612 - 2291870

Present Address 31, Paschimi Marg, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-110057Tel.: 26143737 (R), 23794565 (O)Fax : 23794849Mobile : 9868181395E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Positions Held

1969 -71 Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary, Trade PolicyDivision, Ministry of Commerce

1973 - 77 Special Assistant to Union Commerce MinistersIn-charge, Trade Policy Division, Ministry ofCommerce

1977 - 79 Special Secretary, Department of Irrigation,Government of Bihar

1979 - 80 Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board

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1981 - 85 Minister (Economic and Commercial), IndianEmbassy, Tokyo

1985 - 87 Additional Finance Commissioner, Governmentof Bihar

1987 - 90 Secretary, Industrial Development, Governmentof Bihar

May 1990 - June 1991 Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home AffairsJune 1991 - May 1993 Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs,

Ministry of FinanceMay 1993 - Aug. 1995 Additional Secretary, Department of Economic

Affairs, Ministry of FinanceAug. 1995 - July 1996 Expenditure Secretary, Ministry of FinanceAug. 1996 - Aug. 1998 Revenue Secretary, Ministry of FinanceAug. 1998 - April 2001 Secretary to the Prime Minister (acted as the Prime

Minister’s main advisor for economic and otherissues)

May 2001 - June 2004 Member, Planning Commission (in the rank ofMinister of State)

May 2006 - March 2008 Deputy Chairman, Planning Board, Governmentof Bihar (in the rank of Cabinet Minister)

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 onwards Member, Committee on Member of Parliament

Local Area Development SchemeMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Human ResourceAug. 2009 onwards DevelopmentJuly 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Parliamentary Forum on GlobalJan. 2010 onwards Warming and Climate ChangeAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of FinanceAug. 2009 - May 2011 and Member, Committee on Public AccountsMay 2012 onwardsSept. 2009 onwards Member, House Committee

Member, Committee on RulesFeb. 2010 - 2011 Member, Hindi Language (Bhasha) CommitteeMay 2011 - May 2012 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on External Affairs

Books Published (i) ‘The Politics of Change - A Ringside View’ and(ii) Not By Reason Alone

Social and Cultural Activities, Regularly contributes a weekly article to TheLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Indian Express and The Financial Express onAccomplishments and other economic issuesSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Photography, horticulture and Indian classicalPastimes and Recreation music

Other Information Joined the Indian Administrative Service in BiharCadre, 1964; International Responsibilities:India’s lead negotiator in discussions with

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International Financial Institutions during 1991economic crisis; Key contributor to subsequenteconomic liberalisation framework; Chairman,(i) Global Environment Facility (GEF), 1994 and(ii) United Nations High Level Expert Group onDrugs and Narcotics, 1998; Vice-Chairman-cum-Rapporteur, Preparatory Committee for the SpecialSession of the UN Conference on Drugs andNarcotics, 1997; Coordinator, World IntellectualProperty Organisation (WIPO) Advisory Groupon Privatisation and Strategic Issues, 1999-2001;Regular Panelist and Faculty Member, WorldEconomic Forum since 1998; Member, (i) IndianDelegation to Annual and Spring Meetings ofWorld Bank, IMF, 1991- 95, (ii) Core Group fornegotiations in Global Environment Facility,1993-94, (iii) United Nations Global Commissionon International Migration (GCIM), January2004 - December 2006 and (iv) Foundation Board,Forum of Young Global Leaders, WorldEconomic Forum; Leader, Indian Delegation toAsian Development Bank Annual Meetings,1991-95; Participated in meetings of the AidIndia Consortium/India Development Forum,1991-95; Academic Background: Chairman,Management Development Institute (MDI)Centre, 2004-2010; Senior Short Term VisitingFellow, Center for Research on EconomicDevelopment and Policy Reform (CREDPR),Stanford University; Member, India AdvisoryBoard, Columbia University, (ii) Governing Board,Nalanda International University since 2007and (iii) Board of Trustees, Aspen India; Co-Chairman, India Advisory Board, London Schoolof Economics; Board Member, (i) Indian Councilfor Research and International EconomicRelations, (ii) International Management Instituteand (iii) Observer Research Foundation; Vice-Chairman, (i) India-China Parl iamentaryFriendship Association and (ii) Indo-BhutanParliamentary Friendship Association; GuestLecturer, Stanford University, INSEAD,Brookings Institution and various universities inJapan and Singapore; former Professor ofEconomics, St. Stephen’s College, University ofDelhi; has presented and published papers atvarious international fora on economic and otherissues of contemporary relevance

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SINGH, SHRI RAMCHANDRA PRASAD[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Sukhdeo Narayan Singh

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Dukhalalo Devi


Place of Birth Mustaffapur, Distt. Nalanda (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Girija Singh


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.) in History, M.A. (InternationalRelations)Educated at High School, Hussainpur, Nalanda,Science College, Patna University, Patna College,Patna University, Patna and Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, New Delhi

Profession Agriculturist, Civil Service, Political and SocialWorker, Sportsperson

Permanent Address Mustaffapur, P.O. Malti, Nalanda- 803107(Bihar)

Present Address C-402, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23708200, 23359207E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1986 - 88 Sub-divisional Officer/Magistrate, Khalilabad,Uttar Pradesh

1988 - 90 Chief Development Officer, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh1990 - 93 Joint Secretary, Appointment Department,

Lucknow, Government of Uttar Pradesh

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1993 - 97 Collector and District Magistrate (Rampur,Barabanki, Hamirpur and Fatehpur), Governmentof Uttar Pradesh

July 1997 - March 1998 Private Secretary to the Minister ofCommunications

March 1998 - May 2004 Private Secretary to the Minister of AgricultureMinister of Surface Transport and the Minister ofRailways

July 2004 - Dec. 2005 Additional C.E.O., Greater Noida Authority, UttarPradesh

Dec. 2005 - May 2010 Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of BiharJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on RailwaysMarch 2011 onwards Member, JPC to examine matters relating to


May 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Other BackwardClasses

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Personnel, PublicGrievances, Law and Justice

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football, volleyball, cricket, badminton, carrom,Pastimes and Recreation etc.

Countries Visited Japan in 2001 on official visit with the hon’bleMinister and Mauritius in 2007 on official visitwith the Chief Minister of Bihar

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SINGH, SHRI SHIVPRATAP[Bharatiya Janata Party - Chhattisgarh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Gobind Singh

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Amarti Devi


Place of Birth Sonepur, Distt. Surguja (Chhattisgarh)


Spouse’s Name Late Shrimati Maanmati Devi


Educational Qualifications Higher SecondaryEducated at Government Senior SecondarySchool, Surajpur


Permanent Address Village-Sonepur, Post-Banja (Baiyathan),Distt. Surguja (Chhattisgarh)Mobile : 09425584641

Present Address 145, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23093483Mobile: 09868181641

Positions Held

1977 - 80, 1989 - 92 and Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1992 - 981989 - 92 Minister of State for Tribal Welfare, Government

of Madhya Pradesh2003 - 30 March 2008 Member, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly2004 - July 2006 Vice-President, Surguja Northern Region

Development Authority (in the rank of CabinetMinister)

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April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on EnergyAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and

Empowerment

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SINGH, SHRI VEER[Bahujan Samaj Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Jagan Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Chaitia


Place of Birth Jojkheda, Distt. Jyotiba Phule Nagar(Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vinay Veer Singh


Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B.Educated at J.S. Hindu College, Amroha, JyotibaPhule Nagar and K.G.K. College, Muradabad, UttarPradesh


Permanent Address (i) House No. 308, Village Jojkheda/ Salamatpur, P.O. Sarkadi Aziz, Distt. Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

(ii) 2/326, Buddhi Vihar, Awas Vikas Colony,Majhola, Muradabad-244001 (Uttar Pradesh)

Tel.: 0591-2486047, 2486048

Present Address 103 and 105, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23093394, 23093395Mobile : 9868181048E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1995 and 1997 Member, Road Transport Authority (R.T.A.), UttarPradesh

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1997 Vice-Chairman, Commission for Scheduled Castesand Scheduled Tribes, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow(for four months)President, U.P. Handloom Council, Lucknow(for two months)

June 2002 onwards Member, State Transport Authority (S.T.A.),Uttar Pradesh

Nov. 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on EnergyAug. 2004 - Sept. 2010 Member, House CommitteeAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Social Justice and

EmpowermentOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Petroleum and Natural GasMay 2005 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled

Castes and Scheduled TribesNov. 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2009 - May 2009, Member, Committee on Food, ConsumerAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011 and Affairs and Public DistributionAug. 2012 onwardsJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of DefenceSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Other Information Oath Commissioner, District Court, Muradabad,Uttar Pradesh, 1984; Member, Lok Adalat, DistrictCourt, Muradabad, Uttar Pradesh, 1984-85

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SINGH BADNORE, SHRI V. P. [Bharatiya Janata Party - Rajasthan]

Father’s Name Shri Th. Gopal Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Rani Raj Kanwar


Place of Birth Badnore, Distt. Bhilwara (Rajasthan)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Alka Singh


Educational Qualifications B.A.(Hons.), Business ManagementEducated at Mayo College, Government College,Ajmer and A.S.C.I., Hyderabad

Profession Agriculturist/Farmer, Political and Social Worker,Sportsperson, Environmentalist

Permanent Address Jal Mahal, Badnore-311302 (Rajasthan)Tel.: 01480-225521

Present Address 301, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi -110001Tel. : 23765058Mobile : 9868180116E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1977 - 80, 1985 - 90, Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly1993 - 98 and 1998 - 991998 - 99 Cabinet Minister for Irrigation, Government of

Rajasthan1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha1999 - 2000 Member, Committee on Energy and Defence and

Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Action TakenReport

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2001 Convenor of the Sub-Committee on Electricity Bill,2001Convenor, Sub-Committee on Nuclear Energy

2001 - 2002 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on StockMarket Scam

2001 - 2003 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof External AffairsMember, National Advisory Committee, NCC

2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok SabhaMember, Committee on EnergyMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry ofExternal Affairs

July 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Environment and ForestsMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on PetitionsAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 and Member, Committee on EnergyAug. 2012 onwardsOct. 2012 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on

Security in Parliament House Complex

Social and Cultural Activities, Environment, wild life photography and vintageLiterary, Artistic and Scientific carsAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Swimming; participated at the national schoolPastimes and Recreation level swimming competition; Member, (i) Delhi

Golf Club, (ii) Delhi Gymkhana Club and(iii) Bombay Gymkhana Club, Mumbai

Countries Visited Widely travelled; Member, (i) Indian Delegationto Commonwealth Parliamentary Association,Canada, 1994 and 2004, (ii) Indian Delegation toChina (2001), Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa (2002),U.K., U.S.A. (2003), Japan (2004), (iii) IndianParliamentary Delegation of South Asia FreeMedia Association (SAFMA) to Pakistan, 2003and (iv) Delegation of Parliamentary Network onWorld Bank (PNOWB), Greece, Finland,Switzerland, Japan (2004)

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Other Information Chairman, (i) Special Task Force to rehabilitatetigers in Sariska (Rajasthan), Government ofRajasthan, 2005-2009 and (ii) EmpoweredCommittee of Forests & Wild Life Management inRajasthan; Member, (i) National AdvisoryCommittee on Tourism, 2002-2003, (ii) NationalCommittee on N.C.C., (iii) Wild Life PreservationBoard, Rajasthan for the last 20 years, (iv) SteeringCommittee, “Project Tiger” and (v) Board ofGovernors, Mayo College, Ajmer since 1985; Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan,1989-90 and 2001-2010; Founder Member andExecutive Member of the Indo-BritishParliamentary Forum; Co-Chair of the Indo-USParliamentary Forum; worked in London (U.K.) inNew Caxton Encyclopaedia in 1970; worked inEscorts Ltd. (India) in the Management Cadre1970-77 and also in 1980-81

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SINGHVI, DR. ABHISHEK MANU[Indian National Congress - Rajasthan]

Father’s Name Late Dr. Laxmi Mall SinghviMother’s Name Shrimati Kamla SinghviDate of Birth 24 February 1959Place of Birth Jodhpur (Rajasthan)Marital Status Married on 8 December 1982Spouse’s Name Shrimati Anita SinghviChildren Two sonsEducational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), M.A., Ph.D., PIL

Educated at St. Columba’s School, Delhi, St.Stephen’s College, Delhi University, TrinityCollege, University of Cambridge, U.K. andHarvard University, U.S.A.(Only Short Summer Programme)

Profession Senior Advocate, Political and Social WorkerPermanent Address 473, Beriyo Ka Mohalla, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)Present Address A-129, Niti Bagh, New Delhi-110049

Tel.: 26968253, 26968254, 26515599,26510344, 26510343

Fax: 26858818Mobile: 9810027705, 9868181959E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]@sansad.nic.in

Positions Held1997-98 Additional Solicitor General of India2001 - April 2012 National Spokesperson, Congress PartyApril 2006 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2006 - May 2009, Member, Committee on Personnel, PublicAug. 2009-Aug. 2011 and Grievances, Law and JusticeApril 2012 onwardsAug. 2006 - Aug. 2007 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

Member, Joint Committee to examine theConstitutional and Legal position relating to Officeof ProfitMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Urban Development

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Sept. 2006 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee of PrivilegesJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of External AffairsJuly 2011 - April 2012 Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2011 - April 2012 Chairman, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Books Published Fortnightly columnist in leading English and Hindidailies; popular columns include ‘Sub-Verse’, inthe Times of India, and ‘Candid Corner’ in theHindustan Times; his columns have beenpublished in a book form as ‘Candid Corner:Reflections of Abhishek Singhvi’, has writtenseveral articles in leading magazines andperiodicals; ‘Collection of Legal Writings’ (underpublication); ‘Emergency Powers: A ComparativeStudy’ (unpublished Ph.D.) and Indian CivilJustice System Reform (Co-author) 1997-98(Vol. 30:1) New York Journal of International Lawand Politics, pp. 1-78

Social and Cultural Activities, Writer, commentator in both visual and printLiterary, Artistic and Scientific media; has done innumerable talk shows andAccomplishments and other interactive sessions in English and Hindi onSpecial Interests almost all television channels and all leading print

publications; has written in several legal and non-legal journals; office bearer in several legal, socialand cultural organizations; constitutional andadministrative law, corporate law, commercial lawand international commercial arbitrations arespecial areas of his interest in law

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Badminton, cricket, table tennis, chess; MemberPastimes and Recreation of several clubs of Delhi such as India

International Centre, India Habitat Centre, etc.;reading, writing, swimming, movies, ghazals andsufi music, travel and electronic gizmos


Other Information Has the unique distinction of being the youngestperson to be appointed/elected Senior Advocate,Additional Solicitor General of India andVice-President, Supreme Court Bar Association (1998-99); eminent jurist and front ranking SeniorCounsel of the country; designated SeniorAdvocate, Supreme Court of India; has appearedin several leading and landmark decisions of theSupreme Court on Constitutional Law, CommercialLaw and several other areas of Civil Law; has alsoacted as Counsel in numerous leading cases inDelhi High Court and in almost all High Courts inthe country; Former Member of several legal

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forums, governing bodies of schools anduniversities, cultural and social bodies includingHigh Powered Group of Indian and US judgesand lawyers; Co-author of its Report onAlternative Dispute Resolution submitted to ChiefJustice of India in February 1997 which led to theamendment of Indian law on ADR; has attendedinnumerable other legal and non-legal internationaland national conferences, seminars, symposia andcolloquia; Former Vice-Chairman, MediaDepartment, Indian National Congress;Chairman, AICC Law and Human RightsDepartment; has held important positions ofseveral legal bodies/committees such as Member,(i) Apex Media Committee, Indian NationalCongress, (ii) Indo-U.S. legal study team of Indianand U.S. judges and lawyers to propose legalreforms for reducing court arrears - the report wassubmitted to the Government of India and wasmade the basis of several amendments in the CivilProcedure Code in 2000, (iii) KumaramangalamBirla Committee set up by the Securities andExchange Board of India to recommend a newlegal regime on Insider Trading, (iv) GoverningBodies of National Law University, Jodhpur andDelhi, (v) Agenda 2000, a non-governmentalinitiative of eminent persons dealing with Delhi’scivil problems and (vi) Executive Committee,Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) (NorthernRegion); Chairman, Indo-US ParliamentaryForum: led a multi-party delegation of MPs forintense interactive programme at Yale University,U.S.A., June 2008; Vice-President, Indo-GreekParliamentary Forum; President, (i) SAARCLAW(representing India), an association ofJudges, Lawyers and Law Persons of the sevenSAARC countries and (ii) Indian Society ofArbitrators; has addressed several national andinternational conferences; awarded, (i) GlobalLeader of Tomorrow (GLT) award by theprestigious World Economic Forum at Davos,Switzerland, 1999 and (ii) Trinity CollegeScholarship for Ph.D.; selected as lead speakerfrom Treasury Benches of Parliament on all majordebates

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SIVA, SHRI TIRUCHI[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri R. Natesan

Mother’s Name Shrimati N. Dhanabakkiam


Place of Birth Tiruchi (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati S. Devikarani


Educational Qualifications M.A. (Eng.), B.L.Educated at Periyar E.V.R. College, MadrasUniversity and Tiruchi Law College,Bharatidassan University

Profession Agriculturist and Social Worker

Permanent Address No.33, S.B.O. Colony, Lawsons Road,Cantonement, Tiruchirappalli - 620001 (TamilNadu)

Positions Held

1996 Member, Eleventh Lok SabhaMember, Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Select Committee on Women’sReservation BillMember, Committee on Public Undertakings

Jan. 2000 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2000 - April 2002 Member, Committee on Communications

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Information TechnologyMember, Select Committee on Broadcasting Bill

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July 2007 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2007 - May 2008 Member, Committee on Water ResourcesAug. 2007 - Aug. 2010 Member, Spices BoardAug. 2007- May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Shipping, Road Transport and HighwaysMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled

Castes and Scheduled TribesMay 2008 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Home AffairsAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011May 2008 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee of PrivilegesJune 2008 - July 2013 Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and JusticeSept. 2009 - May 2012 Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityDec. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Select Committee to examine the

Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009May 2010 - May 2011 Member, Committee on Public AccountsJuly 2010 - July 2013 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Civil AviationAug. 2010 - July 2013 Chairman, Committee on IndustrySept. 2010 - July 2013 Member, Committee on EthicsMarch 2011 - July 2013 Member, JPC to examine matters relating to



Nov. 2012 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen,Rajya Sabha

Books Published (i) Kutravaali Koondil Socrates and(ii) Thalainagiril Tamilan Kural (in Tamil)

Social and Cultural Activities, Has written articles in the Party’s official organLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Murasoli and other magazinesAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket, carrom, chess, sudoku, listening to musicPastimes and Recreation and reading

Countries Visited Visited, (i) Gulf countries under the Hon’bleChairmanship of Shri A.B. Vajpayee, (ii) Australia,to attend the Commonwealth ParliamentaryConference, (iii) U.S.A., to attend U.N. GeneralAssembly, (iv) Mauritius with the delegation ofSmt. Meira Kumar, Hon’ble Speaker and (v) CzeckRepublic and Croatia with the delegation of

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Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice-President of India

Other Information As a student was imprisoned for one year underthe M.I.S.A. during the Emergency in 1976;Organiser, D.M.K., District Student’s Wing, 1978;Deputy Secretary, D.M.K.Youth Wing, TamilNadu, 1982-92; Secretary, D.M.K. Student’s Wing,Tamil Nadu, 1992-2007; Propaganda Secretary,D.M.K.; Chairman, (i) Employees ProgressiveUnion, OFT, Tiruchi, (ii) Retired Employees UnionB.H.E.L., Tiruchi and (iii) Old Boys Er. Hr. Sec.School, Tiruchi; Patron, (i) All India AwardeesTeachers Federation, Tamil Nadu and (ii) AlumniAssociation, Periyar E.V.R. College

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SOLANKI, SHRI KAPTAN SINGH[Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh]

Father’s Name Shri Jimipal Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Parvati Bai


Place of Birth Garhpara, Distt. Bhind (Madhya Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Rani Solanki


Educational Qualifications M.A., B.Ed.Educated at Vikram University, Ujjain, P.G.B.T.College, Ujjain and Maharani Luxmibai College,Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Profession Professor, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address B-176, Akriti Garden, Kotra, Nehru Nagar,Bhopal-462003 (Madhya Pradesh)Tel.: 0755-2777776Mobile : 09425008280

Present Address 140, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Tel. : 23795373Telefax : 23795374Mobile : 9868181804E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

Aug. 2009 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs

and Public DistributionJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Youth Affairs and SportsApril 2012 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)

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Social and Cultural Activities, Was associated with the National Service SchemeLiterary, Artistic and Scientific during college daysAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Kabaddi, kho-kho; reading magazines andPastimes and Recreation newspapers

Other Information Teacher, Banmor Cement Works, Banmor, Distt.Morena, 1958-65; Professor, P.G.V. College, Gwalior(M.P.), 1966-2000; Member, (i) India-CubaParliamentary Friendship Group and (ii) India-Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliamentary FriendshipGroup

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SONI, SMT. AMBIKA[Indian National Congress - Punjab]

Father’s Name Late Shri Nakul Sen, I.C.S.

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Indu Nakul Sen


Place of Birth Lahore (Undivided Punjab)


Spouse’s Name Shri Uday C. Soni

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), Diplome Superiore en LangueFrancaise, Post-Graduate Diploma in Spanish Artand LiteratureEducated at Indraprastha College, DelhiUniversity, Alliance Francaise, Bangkok andUniversity of Havana, Cuba


Permanent Address (i) 79, Sector 9-A, Chandigarh Tel.: 0172 - 2742775, 2744079

(ii) S.B.A.C. Senior Secondary School, Vill. Bajwara, Distt. Hoshiarpur, Punjab Tel.: 01882-290830

Present Address (i) N-103, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi-110017Tel.: 26494199Fax: 26494652

(ii) 22, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23795053Fax: 23014800

E-mail: [email protected]

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Positions Held

1969 - 72 Held Congress Party Posts and Co-InchargeCongress Foreign Affairs Department

1972 General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress1975 President, Indian Youth CongressMarch 1976 Elected to Rajya Sabha1996 President, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee1998 President, All India Mahila Congress1999 - 2006 General Secretary, All India Congress CommitteeJan. 2000 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 10 June

2004)Jan. 2000 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Public Undertakingsand Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2006Jan. 2000 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Civil AviationFeb. 2000 -2001 Member, Committee on DefenceMay 2000 - June 2003 Member, House CommitteeJan. 2002 - Dec. 2003 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureJan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Home AffairsJuly 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureOct. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Environment and ForestsMarch 2005 - Jan. 2006 Member, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical

Education and Research, Chandigarh29 Jan. 2006 - 22 May 2009 Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture22 May 2009 - 27 Oct. 2012 Minister of Information and BroadcastingJuly 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaDec. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on External Affairs

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading and travelling; instrumental musicPastimes and Recreation (Indian and Western) and gardening

Countries Visited South Africa, as member of Commonwealthdelegation; China, as member of Women’sdelegation; Australia, Morocco, U.S.A., Europe,Mexico, Cuba, Russia and erstwhileCzechoslovakia

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SOOD, SMT. BIMLA KASHYAP[Bharatiya Janata Party - Himachal Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Lala Devi Saran Kuthiala

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Ved Vati Kuthiala


Place of Birth Chail, Distt. Solan (Himachal Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Late Shri Shrawan Kashyap Sood


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Punjab University, Shimla


Permanent Address 10/10, Old Butail Building, Lower Bazar,Shimla-171001 (Himachal Pradesh)Tel.: 0177-2801126

Present Address C-304, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-27485074Mobile: 09418109126, 9013181126E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1998 - 2003 Councillor, Municipal Corporation, ShimlaDirector, The H.P. State Co-operative BankDirector, Himachal Pradesh State Handicrafts andHandloom Corporation Ltd., Shimla

2008 Director, Mahila Vikas Nigam, Solan2009 Director, Himachal Pradesh State Social Welfare

Board, ShimlaApril 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of Women and Child Development

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Sept. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Water ResourcesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

Culture

Social and Cultural Activities, Spearheaded the literacy campaign in HimachalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Pradesh through “Lotus Welfare Society”, anAccomplishments and other N.G.O., since 1990; Founder, “Manavi”, anSpecial Interests N.G.O. in 1999 which is engaged in family

counselling and women’s welfare; adopted sixvillages for overall development, yoga shivirs;helping the poor especially poor women

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cooking, knitting, reading books, listening toPastimes and Recreation music especially old songs and ghazals

Countries Visited Thailand, U.K. (England and Scotland)

Other Information President, Mahila Morcha Shimla Mandal, B.J.P.,1990-94; State President, (i) Mahila Morcha, B.J.P.,Himachal Pradesh, 1994-2000 and 2003-2006 and(ii) National Mahila Morcha, 2006-2009; State Vice-President, B.J.P., Himachal Pradesh, 2000-2003;Member, (i) Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) since1974 and (ii) State Election Committee, B.J.P., 2006-2009; worked in the Red Cross in the Distt. andthe State, 1994-2010; Vice-President, Indo-Sweden Parliamentary Friendship Group

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SOZ, PROF. SAIF-UD-DIN[Indian National Congress - Jammu and Kashmir]

Father’s Name Late Shri Hakim Habibulla

Mother’s Name Shrimati Sajida Begum


Place of Birth Sopore, Distt. Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Mumtazunnisa


Educational Qualifications M.A. (Economics)Educated at Jammu and Kashmir University,Srinagar

Profession Educationist, Economist, Writer, Political andSocial Worker

Permanent Address Shehjar, Humhama Heights, Airport Road,Srinagar-190021 (Jammu and Kashmir)Tel.: 0194 - 2303456

Present Address 12, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110011Tel.: 23011025Mobile : 9868181984E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1983 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha1984 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha (second term)1984 - 99 Leader, Parliamentary Party, Jammu and Kashmir

National Conference1985 - 88 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

Member, Committee on Estimates1989 - 91 Member, Ninth Lok Sabha (third term)Nov. 1996 Elected to Rajya Sabha

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1996, 1998-99, Jan. 2003 - Feb. Member, Committee on Science and Technology,2004 and Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Environment and Forests1997 - 98 Union Cabinet Minister, Environment and Forests1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (fourth term)

Member, Public Accounts CommitteeNov. 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Committee of PrivilegesAug. 2005 -

Jan. 2006 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

29 Jan. 2006 - 22 May 2009 Union Cabinet Minister of Water ResourcesFeb. 2009 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2009 onwards Member, Public Accounts CommitteeSept. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and

CultureApril 2010 onwards Member, Central Wakf CouncilAug. 2010 - Sept. 2012 Member, National Tiger Conservation AuthorityAug. 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of External AffairsAug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Chairman, Select Committee to the Wakf

(Amendment) Bill, 2010Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development

Books Published (i) Kashmir Crisis, (ii) Why Autonomy to Kashmir,(iii) Secularism - an Interpretation, (iv) A Socio-Economic Survey of Gurez Valley, (v) Problems ofKashmiri Language and Literature and (vi) ‘Daj’(A play in Kashmiri on abuses of Dowry system);translated, (i) M. Allin’s book “1,00,000 Whys”from Russian to Kashmiri (the same was awardedSoviet Land Nehru Award) and (ii) Armugan-e-Taib - anthology of poems by Abdul Gaffar Taaib

Social and Cultural Activities, Has written essays and short stories in Kashmiri,Literary, Artistic and Scientific several articles in reputed newspapers andAccomplishments and other journals on a variety of subjects like Islam andSpecial Interests Modernism, Rights of Women, Secularism,

Literature, Education and Economics; wroteextensively and participated widely in discussionson Kashmir during the last two decades; received,(i) Soviet Land Nehru Award, (ii) All India BasicLiterature Competition Award and (iii) Competitionfor Literature for Neo-Literates Award

Countries Visited Represented Indian National Congress at theThird International Conference of Asian PoliticalParties (ICAPP) at Beijing, China, September, 2004;Member, (i) Parliamentary Delegation, Japan,October, 1989 and (ii) Official Delegation led bythe then President of India, Shri K.R. Narayanan

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to Germany, Luxemburg, Portugal and Turkey,September, 1998; Chief Guest at Male (Maldives)representing Government of India at theinauguration of Maldives Institute of TechnicalEducation, May 1997; Leader of IndianDelegation to the (i) Ministerial Conference onCommission on Sustainable Development,Dresden, Germany, March, 1997, (ii) MinisterialConference on U.N. Convention to CombatDesertification in Asia, Beijing, May 1997,(iii) Special Session of the United Nations GeneralAssembly to review implementation of Agenda21, New York, June 1997, (iv) IXth Meeting of theParties to the Montreal Protocol, Montreal,Canada, September 1997, (v) First Conference ofParties of Convention to Combat Desertification,Rome, October 1997, (vi) XIth World ForestryConference, Antalya, Turkey, October 1997 and(vii) Conference of Parties-3 of the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change,Kyoto, Japan, December 1997; Leader of IndianParliamentary delegation to the, (i) 10th GeneralAssembly of the Asia Pacific ParliamentaryConference on Environment & Development(APPCED), Cozumel Island, Mexico, November2003, (ii) 11th General Assembly of the APPCED,Koroleuv Island, Fiji, August 2004, (iii) First AsiaPacific Water Summit at Beppu (Japan) December2007, (iv) UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Boardon Water and Sanitation at Shanghai, May 2007and (v) World Water Summit at Stockholm,August 2007; visited, Austria to hold bilateraldiscussions with the Environment Minister ofAustria on conservation of water bodies, solidwaste management, etc., July 1997

Other Information Chief Patron, Foundation for Peace andSustainable Development; Patron, People’sEmpowerment Mission, Srinagar, Jammu andKashmir; was Member, (i) Court of the JawaharlalNehru University, New Delhi, (ii) Bureau forPromotion of Urdu, (iii) Court of Aligarh MuslimUniversity, Aligarh, (iv) Court of Jamia MilliaIslamia, New Delhi, (v) National Integration Council,(vi) Advisory Committee of Sahitya Akademy(Academy of Letters), New Delhi and (vii) AdvisoryCommittee, National Book Trust of India

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STANLEY, SMT. VASANTHI[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri S. Ramasamy

Mother’s Name Shrimati Jeyalakshmi


Place of Birth Devakottai, Distt. Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shri Stanley Rajan

Educational Qualifications B.A., B.Ed., M.A. (English), B.L.Educated at Madurai Kamaraj University,Madurai and Dr. Ambedkar Law University,Chennai

Profession Civil Service and Journalist/Writer

Permanent Address A 3, Lloyds Colony, Avvai Shanmugam Salai,Royapettah, Chennai-600014 (Tamil Nadu)Mobile: 9444033528

Present Address C-501, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, M.S. Flats,Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23714012Telefax: 23714013Mobile: 9868181585E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

2004 - 2006 Member, Censor BoardMember, Telephone Advisory CommitteeMember, Tamil Nadu State Minority Commission

Dec. 2007 - March 2008 Member, National Commission for MinorityEducational Institutions


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May 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Water ResourcesMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Petroleum and Natural Gas

Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Health and FamilyWelfareMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of Human Resource Development

Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Council established under Section31(1) of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961

Sept. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment ofWomen

Nov. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Provision of ComputerEquipment to Members of Rajya Sabha

May 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-II to examine thefunctioning of CGHS of the Committee onHealth and Family Welfare

Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism andCulture

Books Published (i) Kalaignar 87 (a compilation of 87 leaders’valuable recordings of their relationship withKalaignar including former and present Presidentsof India, former Speaker, Lok Sabha, Shri SomnathChatterjee, Shri L.K. Advani, Shri ChoRamaswamy; (ii) Christian contribution to the artof publishing ( a research paper submitted to theTamil Chemmozhi Maanaadu, Coimbatore, 2010);author, Kalki –‘En Uyirthozhi Andal’ a short serialin a leading Tamil magazine

Social and Cultural Activities, Advisor, TAFVA, a federation of 2,500 NGOs inLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Tamil NaduAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Won prizes in essay writing in English and TamilPastimes and Recreation poetry, short stories, singing, dancing and

acting during school and college days

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SUDHARANI, SMT. GUNDU[Telugu Desam Party - Andhra Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Samala Narsaiah

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Samala Venkatalaxmi


Place of Birth Warangal (Andhra Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shri Gundu Prabhakar

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications M.A. (Public Administration)Educated at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai


Permanent Address H. No. 12-6-110, Ramannapet, Warangal-506002(Andhra Pradesh)Mobile : 9013181133E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address C-303, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B. D. Marg, New Delhi - 110001Tel. : 23708381, 23708380

Positions Held

2005 - 2010 Floor Leader, Telugu Desam Party, MunicipalCorporation, Warangal

June 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaSept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas

Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

Countries Visited Singapore, Malaysia and U.S.A.

Other Information Board Member, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam,2002-2004

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SWAMINATHAN, PROF. M.S.[Nominated]

Father’s Name Late Dr. M.K. Sambasivan

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Thangam


Place of Birth Kumbakonam (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Mina Swaminathan


Educational Qualifications B.Sc., Ph.D.Educated at Travancore University, CoimbatoreAgricultural College, Madras University andSchool of Agriculture, University of Cambridge,U.K. Recipient of 65 Honorary DoctorateDegrees from Universities around the world

Profession Agricultural Research and Rural Development

Permanent Address No. 21, Rathna Nagar, Teynampet,Chennai - 600018 (Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 044-24345312, 22542790Fax : 044-22541319E-mail : [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

1966 - 72 Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute,New Delhi

1972 - 79 Director-General, Indian Council of AgriculturalResearchSecretary, Department of Agricultural Researchand Education, Government of India

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1979 - 80 Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture andIrrigation, Government of India

April - June 1980 Acting Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission,Government of India

June 1980 - April 1982 Member, (Agriculture, Rural Development,Science and Education) Planning Commission,Government of India

April 1982 - Jan. 1988 Director-General, International Rice ResearchInstitute (IRRI), Los Banos, Philippines

1988 - 89 Chairman, Steering Committee for Environmentand Forestry of the Planning Commission

1989 onwards Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan ResearchFoundation, Chennai

1992 - 96 and 2005 - 2007 President, National Academy of AgriculturalSciences

1994 onwards UNESCO Chair in Ecotechnology2002 - 2007 President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and

World Affairs2004 - 2006 Chairman, National Commission on Farmers,

Government of IndiaApril 2007 Nominated to Rajya SabhaAug. 2007 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on AgricultureAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010Aug. 2007 - April 2013 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of AgricultureAug. 2010 - onwards Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research

SocietySept. 2010 - April 2013 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,


Books Published Has authored/edited a number of books, including‘Sustainable Agriculture: Towards an EvergreenRevolution’, Delhi, 1996, ‘I Predict: A Century ofHope Towards an era of Harmony with Natureand Freedom from hunger', 1999

Social and Cultural Activities, A plant geneticist by training, his contributions toLiterary, Artistic and Scientific the agricultural renaissance of India have led toAccomplishments and other his being widely referred to as the scientificSpecial Interests leader of the green revolution movement; his

advocacy of sustainable agriculture leading to anevergreen revolution makes him as acknowledgedworld leader in the field of sustainable foodsecurity; the International Association of Womenand Development conferred on him the firstinternational award for significant contributionsto promoting the knowledge, skill and

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technological empowerment of women inagriculture and for his pioneering role inmainstreaming gender considerations inagriculture and rural development; awarded,(i) Padma Shri, 1966, (ii) Padma Bhushan, 1972,(iii) Padma Vibhushan, 1989, (iv) RamonMagasaysay Award for Community Leadership,1971, (v) Albert Einstein World Science Award bythe World Cultural Council, 1986, (vi) First WorldFood Prize, 1987, (vii) Volvo and Tyler Prize forEnvironment, (viii) Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,Disarmament and Development, 2000, (ix) FranklinD. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal by theFranklin and Eleanor, Roosevelt Institute, 2000and (x) Mahatma Gandhi Prize of UNESCO, 2000;Fellow of several leading scientific academics ofIndia and the world including the Royal Societyof London and the U.S. National Academy ofSciences ; Carnatic Music and Bharata NatyamDance

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Cricket and TennisPastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Most of the countries in the world

Other Information Has been acclaimed as one of the twenty mostinfluential Asians of the 20th Century by TIMEMagazine; has been described by the UnitedNations Environment Programme as “the Fatherof Economic Ecology” and by Javier Perez deCuellar, former Secretary General of the UnitedNations, as “a living legend who will go into theannals of history as a world scientist of raredistinction”; was Chairman of the U.N. ScienceAdvisory Committee set up in 1980 to take follow-up action on the Vienna Plan of Action; has alsoserved as Independent Chairman of the FAOCouncil and President of the International Unionfor the Conservation of Nature and NaturalResources

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SWAMY, SHRI A.V.[Independent - Odisha]

Father’s Name Late Shri Viswanath Achary

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Alajangi Adilaxmi


Place of Birth Nawarangpur (Odisha)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Alajangi Kalavati


Educational Qualifications B.Sc. (Hons.), B.Sc. (Tech.), LL.B., Certificate inAid AdministrationEducated at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack,U.D.C.T., Bombay University, Mumbai, UtkalUniversity, Bhubaneswar and Selly Oak College,Birmingham, U.K.


Permanent Address Ward No. 8, At P.O. Khariar Road,Distt. Nuapada-766104 (Odisha)

Present Address 135, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011Telefax : 011-23795442E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1961 Non-Official Block Development Officer, BlockBoipariguda, Distt. Koraput, Odisha

1963 - 73 Regional Development Officer, Khadi and VillageIndustries Commission

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled

Castes and Scheduled TribesAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Water Resources

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Social and Cultural Activities, The first ever Chemical Technologist in OdishaLiterary, Artistic and Scientific in 1955 from Bombay University, but opted toAccomplishments and other join the Sarvodaya Movement under the leader-Special Interests ship of Saint Vinoba Bhave’s Gramdan

Movement; involved in cyclone relief andrehabilitation activities since 1971, including therelief work after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1984);worked with FREE-INDIA for promotion ofvoluntary action by youth across the country;responsible for the historic OXFAM West OrissaProgramme which resulted in a spurt of voluntaryagencies in Odisha and elsewhere since 1982;Field Director, OXFAM in India since 1973, andfor more than a decade in Bihar, Maharashtra,undivided Madhya Pradesh and Odisha;established ‘Viswas’, for experience sharing involuntary action; associated with several regionaland national Voluntary Organisations

Sports, Clubs, Favourite During school days, participated in inter-StatePastimes and Recreation competitions in football, volleyball, high jump,

long jump, etc. and won a number of trophies;College champion (twice) in sports; representedthe Bombay State Volleyball team in JabalpurOlympics, 1954

Countries Visited Visited, U.K., Bangladesh, Italy and Switzerlandas an OXFAM delegate; Nairobi, to attend theInternational Workshop on Rainwater Harvestingand Dubai (U.A.E.)

Other Information Participated in the Freedom Struggle as a memberof the ‘Vanar Sena’

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SYIEM, SMT. WANSUK[Indian National Congress - Meghalaya]

Father’s Name Late Capt. Tiolis Rynjah

Mother’s Name Shrimati Sabitri Syiem


Place of Birth Shillong, Distt. East Khasi Hills (Meghalaya)


Spouse’s Name Shri Alexander Nongrum


Educational Qualifications MatriculateEducated at St. Mary’s Mazarello Convent, Jowai,Meghalaya


Permanent Address Markynti Lodge-64, Madanrting, Shillong-793021(Meghalaya)Mobile: 9868217369, 9436102568

Present Address D-I/9, Rabindra Nagar, New Delhi-110003

Positions Held

1993 - 96 Vice-Chairperson, Meghalaya TransportCorporation, Government of Meghalaya

1997 - 98 Chairperson, Meghalaya State Social WelfareAdvisory Board

1997 - 2001 Member, Board of Meghalaya TransportCorporation

1998 - 99 Vice-Chairperson, Meghalaya Handloom andHandicraft Corporation

2002 - 2007 Chairperson, Meghalaya State Social WelfareBoard

2007 Director, Board of Directors, Meghalaya TourismDevelopment Corporation Ltd.

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Sept. 2008 - Sept. 2011 and Member, National Commission for WomenMarch 2012 onwardsApril 2013 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Was Captain of the volleyball and basketballPastimes and Recreation teams during senior school days; reading and

listening to music

Countries Visited Visited Moscow (Russia), representingMeghalaya at the International Youth Year in1985;Jakarta (Indonesia), as a Government of India’srepresentative at the ‘Regional Counsultationson the Advancement of Women’s Human Rightsin Asia-Pacific Region’ in 2009; Jakarta(Indonesia), as a Government of India’srepresentative at the ‘2nd Regional Consultationson the Advancement of Women’s Human Rightsin Asia-Pacific Region-Discrimination AgainstWomen in the Context of Religion & Culture’ in2011; Ireland, to attend a meeting on ‘Right toEducation’ in 2012; Philippines, U.S.A., Thailand,Singapore and U.K.

Other Information Joint Secretary, (i) Madanrting Congress (I) Unit,1977and (ii) National Students Union of India,Meghalaya Pradesh Congress (I), 1980; Treasurer,Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress (I), 1982;Chief Organiser, Meghalaya Pradesh Congress (I),Seva Dal, 1984; President, Madanrting Congress (I)Unit, Meghalaya, 1988; Member,(i) Political Affairs Committee (PAC), Meghalaya,1991, (ii) Executive Committee, Meghalaya PradeshCongress Committee (I) since 1992, (iii) A.I.C.C.,since 2000, (iv) Election Committee, 2000-2010 and(v) Executive Committee, M.P.C.C. (Womenquota), 2000-2010; Chairperson, MeghalayaPradesh Congress Committee (I), Seva Dal, 1993;Vice-Chairperson, North-East Co-ordinationCommittee, Congress (I), Seva Dal, 1993-96;Secretary, Meghalaya Pradesh CongressCommittee, 1997-2001; General Secretary,Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee, 2001-2008; Vice-President, All India Mahila Congress (I),New Delhi, May 2006; appointed as Member, (i)Screening Committee, Dr. Durgabai DeshmukhAward by Social Welfare Board, New Delhi, 2006and (ii) National Council for Vocational Training,under the chairmanship of Hon’ble UnionMinister of State (Independent Charge) forLabour & Employment, November 2008

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TARIQ ANWAR, SHRI[Nationalist Congress Party - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shah Mushtaque Ahmed

Mother’s Name Shrimati Bilquis Jahan




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Hena Anwar

Children One son and four daughters

Educational Qualifications B.Sc.Educated at College of Commerce, Patna, MagadhUniversity, Bodh Gaya (Bihar)


Permanent Address Rashtrawadi Bhawan, Gami Tola,At P.O. & Distt. Katihar, BiharTel.: 06452 - 245786

Present Address (i) AB/11, Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110001 Tel.: 23384374, 23384392(ii) G-21, Nizamuddin West, New Delhi-110013 Mobile: 9868181278 E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1980 - 84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha1985 - 89 Member, Eighth Lok SabhaAug. 1987 - April 1988 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to inquire

into Bofors Contract1996 - 98 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok SabhaJuly 2004 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public

Grievances, Law and Justice

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Oct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof External Affairs

Nov. 2004 - Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on RulesApril 2008 Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya

Sabha (re-nominated on 6 August 2010, 1 August2011, 19 April 2012and 17 July 2012)

June 2008 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2009 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Home AffairsAug. 2009 - Oct. 2012 Member, Committee on Ethics

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Finance

Sept. 2009 - July 2010 Member, Business Advisory CommitteeJuly 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Oct. 2012 Member, Anjuman (Court) of Jamia Millia Islamia

UniversityAug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf

(Amendment) Bill, 2010Sept. 2010 - Oct. 2012 Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableMay 2011 - May 2012 Member, Committee on Public AccountsMay 2012 - Oct. 2012 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings28 Oct. 2012 onwards Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture

and Minister of State in the Ministry of FoodProcessing Industries

Social and Cultural Activities, Founder President, (i) All India Qaumi Tanzeem,Literary, Artistic and Scientific a registered social organization working for theAccomplishments and other welfare of weaker sections and minorities sinceSpecial Interests 1986 and (ii) Jan Astha, a registered social

organization since 1991; Founder Chairman,(i) Yasmin Foundation, a registered Charitable Trustsince 1997 and (ii) Disha Charitable Trust, since 2005

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Hony. Member, National Sports Club of India,Pastimes and Recreation Delhi; Member, (i) India International Centre,

New Delhi and (ii) India Islamic Cultural Centre,New Delhi; Life Member, Constitution Club;deeply interested in sports especially inbadminton, table tennis, cricket, football, tennis,volleyball and kabaddi

Countries Visited U.S.A., U. K., Canada, Germany, France, Holland,Russia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Sweden, Bulgaria,Romania, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cuba,Belgium, Nepal, Bahrain, Dubai, Qatar and Iran

Other Information His family has been associated with the freedomstruggle; started career as a journalist; FounderEditor, Chhatra, a weekly tabloid in Hindipublished from Patna, 1972-74; Editor, (i) Yuvak

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Dhara, first a weekly tabloid and later a fortnightlymagazine published from Patna from 1974 andlater published from Delhi since 1982 and (ii) Tanzeem Times, a monthly magazine in Englishpublished from New Delhi since 1986; ChiefEditor, Sadakat Vani, a monthly magazine inHindi published from Patna since 1988; Editor-in-Chief, Rashtrawadi Sankalp, earlier afortnightly and now a weekly newspaper in Hindipublished earlier from New Delhi since 2001 andnow from Mumbai; President, (i) Bihar State YouthCongress (I), 1976-81, (ii) All India Youth Congress (I),19 September 1982 - 24 April 1985 and (iii) BiharPradesh Congress Committee (I), 5 March 1988 -7 March 1989; Founder General Secretary,Nationalist Congress Party since 23 May 1999;General Secretary, (i) All India Youth Congress (I),1981-82 and (ii) All India Congress Committee (I),4 September 1997 and again from June 1998 -3 February 1999; Joint Secretary, All IndiaCongress Committee (I), 1982; Chairman, (i) BiharState Small Scale Industries Corporation, 1982-85, (ii) All India Congress Seva Dal (I),24 September 1985 -87, (iii) A.I.C.C. (I) MinorityCell, 27 September 1993 -December 1996 and (iv) Dargah Committee, Ajmer, 1993-96; WorkingChairman, (i) Bihar State 20-Point ImplementationCommittee, 1 June 1988 - 19 June 1989 and(ii) Bihar State 15-Point Implementation Committeefor Welfare of Minorities, 20 June 1989 - November1990; Political Secretary to President, IndianNational Congress, December 1996 - 4 September1997; Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegationheaded by Hon’ble Speaker in the Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Ottawa (Canada), 1985,(ii) Indian Parliamentary delegation in Inter-Parliamentarians Conference, Bulgaria, 1987,(iii) Indian Goodwill Haj delegation to SaudiArabia, 1988 and (iv) Indian ParliamentaryDelegation to participate in the Meeting ofStanding Committee on Political Affairs andad-hoc Working Group on ICT of the AsianParliamentary Assembly, Tehran, 2010

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TARUN VIJAY, SHRI[Bharatiya Janata Party - Uttarakhand]

Father’s Name Late Shri Ram Murti Pawsey

Mother’s Name Shrimati Raj Rani


Place of Birth Dehradun (Uttarakhand)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vandana Vijay


Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Dehradun and Osmania University,Hyderabad


Permanent Address 35, Krishna Street (Ghosi Gali), Dehradun-248001Tel.: 0135-2656888Mobile : 9013181999

Present Address 5, Meena Bagh, Maulana Azad Road,New Delhi-110001Telefax. 23062888Mobile: 9711254888E-mail: [email protected]

Positions HeldJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on External AffairsAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource

DevelopmentBooks Published Author of several books which include (in English),

(i) Saffron Surge, (ii) India Battles to Win and(iii) An Odyssey in Tibet (the book has beentranslated into the Chinese, Marathi, Gujarati and

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Hindi language); edited, Indus Saga; in Hindi,(i) Sakshat Shiv Se Samvad, (ii) Akash HamareSeene Mein, (iii) Samay Ka Sach, (iv) Yudh AbhiBaki Hai, (v) Bharat Ka Man, (vi) Pankh LagiPagdandiyan, (vii) Bharat Niyati Aur Sangharsh,(viii) Rishi Parampara and (ix) Man Ka TulsiChaura (launched in Delhi and Patna Book Fairs,2012); edited, (i) Vampanthi Kalush Katha,(ii) Communist Atankvad, (iii) Kargil Katha,(iv) Sindhu Gatha and (v) Ramsetu Rakshtu; haswritten over 2000 articles in English and Hindi innational dailies and magazines; regular columnistfor more than twenty two newspapers; was ChiefEditor of Panchjanya for approximately twodecades

Social and Cultural Activities, Author, traveller and poet, known for his writingsLiterary, Artistic and Scientific on pluralism, Hindu nationalism and anti-terrorAccomplishments and other activities; National Spokesperson, B.J.P.;Special Interests Honorary Director, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee

Research Foundation; nominated on the,(i) Executive Council Board of Indian Institute ofMass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi, 2002-2003and (ii) Governing Council of Makhan LalChaturvedi National University of Journalism,Bhopal since 2004; Vice-Chairman, MediaCommittee, Afro-Asian Games, 2001; Youngestmember of Home Minister’s Advisory Committee(HMAC), 1981-82 during Smt. Indira Gandhi’sregime; was Member, (i) Central Official LanguageCommittee chaired by the Prime Minister of India,2002-2004, (ii) Jury, National Film Awards, 2001,(iii) Executive Committee, Editors Guild of India,2004-2005, (iv) Authors Guild of India, (v) India-Japan Eminent Persons’ Group (MEA) and(vi) India-China Eminent Persons’ Group (MEA);Recieved prestigious fellowship from SichuanUniversity, China to study India-China relations; aSinologist working on India-China Relations; wasinvited by the U.S. Government to study itsdemocratic institutions in 1990; invited by theEuropean Commission to Brussels to study itsdemocratic institutions in 2004; conceptualized andhelped materialise Indus Festival (Sindhu Darshan)in Ladakh; led India’s first-Indus expedition fromDemchhok to Batalik; awarded, (i) Best EditorAward by Delhi Publishers Association, 1994,

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(ii) Pragya Samman, New Delhi, 1994, (iii) GyaniGyan Singh Award for best writings in Hindi bythe Government of Punjab, April 1999, (iv) PanditDeen Dayal Upadhyaya Literary Award, 2000,Nagaur (Rajasthan), (v) Gaurav Samman by theRotary Club for fearless journalism, 2001,(vi) Vishwa Hindi Ratna Samman, 2001 and(vii) Rajmata Scindia Award for Journalism, 2007;he is an environmentalist, tribal activist and a keenphotographer

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Trekking, mountaineering, photography andPastimes and Recreation cycling

Countries Visited Bangladesh, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Denmark,France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Laos,Malaysia, Nepal, the Netherlands, Pakistan,Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Singapore,Switzerland, Suriname, Thailand, Uzbekistan,U.S.A., U.K. and Vietnam; led a CII delegation ofyoung Parliamentarians to Japan, in January 2011;was part of a FICCI delegation of Parliamentariansto China in 2011 and a historic delegation toPakistan led by Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha inFebruary 2012; visited, Combodia and Thailand tohelp restore peace on a thousand year old Shivatemple ‘Preah Vihiear’ situated on Combodia-Thailand border

Other Information Participated in save democracy movement duringthe Emergency in 1975; established Vani Parishad,an organization for the youth and spreadVivekananda Youth Mahamandal under theguidance of the Ramakrishna Mission; worked asa full time worker of the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashramin Dadra and Nagar Haveli for five years; was theonly Editor known in South Asia to have taken theinitiative to launch a ‘Peace Agenda Initiative’collaborating with the largest circulation daily inPakistan, Daily Jang; participated in MetropolisConference, The Hague, 2010; has completedpilgrimage to Kailash-Mansarovar twice, fromIndian side and from Lhasa; was felicitated by thePrincess of Thailand for strengthening India-Thairelations

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TENDULKAR, SHRI SACHIN RAMESH[Nominated]

Father's Name Late Shri Ramesh Achyut Tendulkar

Mother's Name Shrimati Rajani Ramesh Tendulkar




Spouse's Name Dr. (Smt.) Anjali Sachin Tendulkar


Educational Qualifications Twelfth Standard

Profession Sportsperson

Permanent Address 19-A, Perry Cross Road, Bandra (West),Mumbai-400050 (Maharashtra)

Positions Held

April 2012 Nominated to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Information Technology

Member, Parliamentary Forum on Youth

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Career (Domestic): at the age of 14 years,Pastimes and Recreation became the youngest cricketer ever to be included

in the Mumbai team to play in the Ranji Trophy;the youngest player in India to score a century ondebut in the Ranji Trophy at the age of 15 yearsand 232 days; the youngest player in India to scorea century in the Irani Trophy at the age of 16 yearsand 197 days; the youngest player in India to scorea century in the Duleep Trophy at the age of 17years and 263 days; the only player to have scoreda century on debut in all three India's First Classcricket tournaments - the Ranji Trophy, the DuleepTrophy and the Irani Trophy

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Career (International): first cricketer ever to scorea century of centuries in international cricket; hasscored 51 centuries in test cricket and 49 in LimitedOver International cricket; has the highest evertotal of test match runs-15837 from 105 matches atan average of 53.86 and has also taken 45 wickets;highest century scorer of all time in Test Cricket (51centuries in 198 Tests and 327 innings); has alsoscored 67 half-centuries; highest all time run scorerin Limited Overs International cricket with 18426runs from 463 matches (452 innings) at an averageof 44.83 and a strike rate of 86.23; has the maximumnumber of centuries (49) and half-centuries (96)scored in Limited Overs International cricket; hasalso taken 154 wickets in Limited Overs Interna-tional cricket; youngest cricketer to play for Indiain Test Cricket when he made his debut againstPakistan at Karachi in 1989 at the age of 16 yearsand 205 days; was the second youngest cricketer(17 years and 112 days) in the history of Test Cricketto score a century with an unbeaten score of 119against England at Old Trafford in 1990; the firstoverseas player and also the first Non-Yorkshiremanever to be contracted to play for the Yorkshire CountryCricket Club in the English county cricket champion-ship in 1992 at the age of 19 years; set a Worldrecord by scoring 523 runs in the 1996 World CupCricket tournament; has broken his own recordduring the 2003 ICC World Cup by scoring 673 runsat an average of 61, including 1 century and 6 half-centuries; the highest aggregate run scorer (2278runs) of all time in World Cup cricket so far; haswon the highest number of the 'Man of the Match'awards-62 in Limited Overs International cricket;also has the highest number of 'Man of the Series'awards - 15 in international limited overs cricket;second youngest player to captain India in TestCricket at the age of 23 years; was captain of Indiain 25 Test matches and 73 Limited OverInternational; received the Honour from theprestigious Wisden Almanac as Cricketer of the Yearin 1997; only Indian cricketer to of the Year in 1997;only Indian cricketer to represent India for 20 years

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Awards: (i) Chatrapati Shivaji Award, 1990-91conferred by the Government of Maharashtra forexcellence in sports in 1991, (ii) Arjuna Award, bythe Government of India in 1994, (iii) Rajiv GandhiKhel Ratna Award in 1998, (iv) Padma Shriconferred by the President of India in 1999,(v) Maharashtra Bhushan, by the Government ofMaharashtra in 2001 and (vi) Padma Vibhushan,conferred by the President of India in 2008

Countries Visited U.SA., U.K., Australia, South Africa, Pakistan,Iceland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy,France, West Indies, New Zealand, Bangladeshand Sri Lanka

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THAKOR, SHRI NATUJI HALAJI[Bharatiya Janata Party - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Shri Halaji Thakor

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kamlaben Halaji Thakor


Place of Birth Vadavi, Ta.-Kadi, Distt. Mehsana (Gujarat)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Soramben Thakor

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications SSCEducated at Mudarada, Distt. Mehsana (Gujarat)

Profession Agriculture and Business

Permanent Address Residence: 8-Om Shubham Bungalows,B/h.-Hotel Ashoka, Nagalpur, Mehsana - 384002(Gujarat)Tel.: 02762 -249777Office: 11, Sahakar Chambers, Modhera Char Rasta,Mehsana-384002 (Gujarat)Telefax: 02762-248777

Present Address 144, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 011-23093124Mobile: 09898007240, 09428818077E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Industry Aug. 2009 onwardsAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward

Classes

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Social and Cultural Activities, Has taken part in various social and culturalLiterary, Artistic and Scientific activities; reading booksAccomplishments and OtherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Playing and watching cricketPastimes and Recreation

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THAKUR, DR. C. P.[Bharatiya Janata Party - Bihar]

Father’s Name Shri Radhamohan Thakur

Mother’s Name Shrimati Sharda Thakur


Place of Birth Dubaha, Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Dr. (Smt.) Uma Thakur


Educational Qualifications M.B.B.S. (Hons.) with PC Talent Prize for standingfirst in M.B.B.S. and Sifton Gold Medal for highestmarks, Stephenson gold medal for standing first inMedical Surgery from Patna Medical College, M.D.Patna University, Bihar, M.R.C.P. (London) and(Edinburgh), F.R.C.P. (London) and (Edinburgh)from Royal College of Physicians (London) andRoyal College of Physicians (Edinburgh)

Profession Medical Teacher, Medical Practitioner, ScientificResearch and Social Work

Permanent Address Balaji Utthan Sansthan, Kala-azar Research Centre“Uma Complex”, Fraser Road, Patna-800001(Bihar)Tel.: 0612-2226545 (O), 2221797(R)Fax: 0612-2239423Mobile: 09431016360E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Present Address 401, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg,New Delhi - 110001Tel.: 23355157, 23765157Mobile: 9013181646E-mail: [email protected]

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Positions Held

1984 Elected to Eighth Lok Sabha1998 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (second term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and Forests and its Sub-Committeeon Ganga Action Plan

1999 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (third term)22 Nov. 1999 - 26 May 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources27 May 2000 - 30 June 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family

Welfare29 Jan. 2003 - May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Small Scale Industries,

Development of North-Eastern RegionApril 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2008 - Sept. 2011 and Member, Committee on the Empowerment ofSept. 2012 onwards WomenAug. 2008 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Information TechnologyAug. 2012 onwardsMay 2009 onwards Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityAug. 2009 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Chemicals and FertilizersAug. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Health and Family Welfare

Books Published Has authored/co-authored/edited several booksincluding Dynamics of Development 1975,A glimpse of Indian Technology, World TradeOrganization, Control of Leishmaniasis, 1990,Technical Report Series 791, WHO (Geneva),Chapter on Leishmaniasis in API Text Book ofMedicine, India Under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, B.J.P.Era, 1999, Kala-azar, Past, Present and Future,Tropical Institute, Calcutta, Development of Biharby 2015, Balaji Utthan Sansthan, 1996; GuestEditor, Indian Journal of Medical Research onspecial issues on ‘Leishmaniasis’, 2004

Social and Cultural Activities, Medical education for the common man throughLiterary, Artistic and Scientific the media by writing numerous articles (more thanAccomplishments and other 200) in the press and talk shows on television andSpecial Interests radio; organizing free medical camps in areas of

Harijans, Adivasis and weaker sections of society;published more than 100 research papers in reputednational and international medical journals; hasrevolutionized the concept of the treatment ofKala-azar and post Kala-azar dermal leishmaniasisand recognized as international authority in thisfield; his suggestions have been accepted by the

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WHO and other international organisations andincorporated in textbook of medicine; has servedas member on the governing bodies of differentorganisations, chaired scientific sessions andorganised various seminars and conferences; hasreceived several awards including Padma Shree,1982, Dr. B.C. Roy’s National Award by MedicalCouncil of India (Outstanding Teacher), 1983,Dr. P.N. Raju Oration Award, Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR) (Kala-azar Research),1990, Prof. S.C. Seal Award, Voluntary HealthAssociation of India for Outstanding Public HealthWork, 2001, B.K. Aikat Oration Award, ICMR(Kala-azar Research), Ranbaxy Science FoundationMedical Science Award (Clinical Research), 2002,Life Time Achievement Award, HIV Congress-2008,Mumbai and Outstanding Clinical InvestigatorAward by the Institute for One World Health(IOWH), San Francisco, U.S.A.; PrincipalInvestigator of WHO for trial of new drugs fortreatment of Kala-azar, 1998-2000, 2002 and 2004;Founder Fellow, Association of Physicians ofIndia, 1988; Hony. Fellow of Indian Association ofEpidemiologist, 2001; Member, Scientific WorkingGroup, WHO, Geneva, 1983; Social developmentand upliftment of Harijans

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Patron of different sports clubs, and sports inPastimes and Recreation backward areas; listening to music, watching

cricket and gardening

Countries Visited Many countries of world excluding Pakistan

Other Information Worked as Assistant, Associate and Professor ofMedicine, Patna Medical College, 1957-84 andcurrently Emeritus Professor of Medicine, PatnaMedical College, Patna; Chairman, (i) Kala-azarSpot Assessment Committee, Government of India,1990-91, (ii) Expert Kala-azar Committee to formulateprevention programme for Kala-azar, 1991,Government of India, (iii) Task Force for eliminationof Kala-azar and Malaria in Bihar (in the rank ofCabinet Minister of Bihar) and (iv) UNDPsponsored core group discussion on Kala-azar,1993; established Research labs for study of Kala-azar in Balaji Utthan Sansthan, Patna in 1995;associated with several medical associations/institutes/bodies in India and abroad; has attendedand participated in several scientific conferences/meetings held on medicine, health and relatedissues and Kala-azar research programme andprogrammes for its elimination

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THAKUR, DR. PRABHA[Indian National Congress - Rajasthan]

Father’s Name Shri Devi Singh Ji Barhath, R.A.S.

Mother’s Name Shrimati Sushila Devi


Place of Birth Kishangarh, Distt. Ajmer (Rajasthan)


Spouse’s Name Shri Rajen Thakur


Educational Qualifications B.A., M.A., Ph.D.Educated at Udaipur University, Udaipur(Rajasthan)

Profession Writer (renowned Hindi Poetess) and SocialWorker

Permanent Address (i) A-137, Krishna Marg, Shyam Nagar,Jaipur (Rajasthan)Tel : 2293364, 2293429 (Jaipur) 2528185, 2430475 (Udaipur) 01463-282382, 239106 (Kishangarh)

(ii) Shilpi Resorts (Near Shilpgram),Village Hawala, Udaipur (Rajasthan)Tel.: 0294-2430475Mobile: 9414167999

Present Address 7, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23093392Mobile: 9868181798E-mail: [email protected]

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Positions Held

1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok SabhaApril 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril - Dec. 2002 Member, Committee on CommerceJan. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Information TechnologyAug. 2004 - April 2008 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsAug. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Library CommitteeOct. 2004 - May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of SteelFeb. 2005 - Nov. 2007 Member, Hindi Shiksha SamitiNov. 2005 - Aug. 2008 Member, Press Council of IndiaMay 2006 - April 2008 Member, Committee on Official LanguageAug. 2006 - April 2008 Member, Committee on IndustryAug. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Sub-Committee-I, Ministry of Agro and

Rural IndustriesApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Urban Development

Member, Committee on Personnel, PublicGrievances, Law and Justice

Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Water Resources

Aug. 2010 - Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf(Amendment) Bill, 2010

Books Published Collection of poems in Hindi titled Bauraya Man(1982), Aakhar Aakhar (1990), Chetna ke Swar(1995)

Social and Cultural Activities, Active participation in women welfareLiterary, Artistic and Scientific organizations; achieved national fame for poeticAccomplishments and other works; the main theme of the poems has beenSpecial Interests national integrity and goodwill; participated in

recitations in India and abroad; Advisory Member,Vishwa Bauddha Sanskritik Sangathan; Member,Maha Bodhi Society of India; script- writing andfilm production: Mahalakshmi Maa ( H i n d i ) ,Gora Hat Ja (about Freedom Struggle) andBeenani Hove to Isi (Rajasthani) and film songwriting; participation in Kavi Sammelan in Indiaand abroad; working for world peacethrough Buddhism

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Countries Visited Nepal, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, U.K.,U.S.A., Canada, Dubai (U.A.E.), Muscat (Oman),Pakistan, Sri Lanka and many other countries

Other Information Co-Chairman, Vichar Vibhag, All India CongressCommittee; worked in various capacities in theIndian National Congress during the last twentyyears; contested elections on Congress ticket forthe Legislative Assembly (once) and Lok Sabha(twice); Director, Hinglaj Hotels; Spokesperson,All India Congress Committee; Member, DEPCOCommittee of All India Congress Committee;Nominated President, All India Mahila Congress,March 2008

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THANGAVELU, SHRI S.[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Shri U. Sankaramurthy

Mother’s Name Shrimati S. Kaliammal


Place of Birth Sankarankoil, Distt. Thirunelveli (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati T. Packiam


Educational Qualifications B.Sc. (Agriculture)Educated at Agriculture College, Madurai, TamilNadu Agriculture University, Tamil Nadu


Permanent Address 125/5, Gandhi Nagar East, 4th Street,Kalugumalai Road,Sankarankoil,Distt. Thirunelveli-627756 (Tamil Nadu)Telefax.: 04636-222408Mobile: 09489090006

Present Address C-204, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001E-mail:[email protected]

Positions Held

1983 - 84 Agriculture Officer, Government of Tamil Nadu1986 - 91 Vice-Chairman, Sankarankoil Municipality,

Distt. Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu1989 - 91 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Minister, Handloom and Urban Development,Government of Tamil Nadu

1996 - 2001 and 2001 - 2006 Chairman, Sankarankoil Municipality, Distt.Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

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June 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaJune 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of TourismMember, Standing Committee on Agriculture

Dec. 2010 onwards Member, Spices BoardDec. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster

Management

Social and Cultural Activities, Social and cultural activities; sports; ManagingLiterary,Artistic and Scientific Trustee, Sankaramoorthy Educational Trust, aAccomplishments and other public charitable and educational trustSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Basketball and footballPastimes and Recreation

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TIRKEY, SHRI DILIP KUMAR[Biju Janata Dal - Odisha]

Father’s Name Shri Vinsent Tirkey

Mother’s Name Shrimati Regina Tirkey


Place of Birth Saunamara, Distt. Sundargarh (Odisha)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Meera Sushila Tirkey

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.A.Educated at Mohanpali College, Sundargarh,Odisha

Profession Hockey Player

Permanent Address Type-C/1, Unit-8, P.S. Nayapalli, Distt. Khurda,Bhubaneswar-751012 (Odisha)Tel. : 0674-2565600Telefax : 0674-2565900

Present Address 16/C Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 011-26885958E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Coal and Steel

Social and Cultural Activities, Awarded, (i) Arjuna Award, 2002, (ii) Padma Shri,Literary, Artistic and Scientific 2004 and (iii) Honorary Ph.D., 2010; listening toAccomplishments and other instrumental music and old songsSpecial Interests

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Former Captain, Indian Men’s Hockey TeamPastimes and Recreation (Olympics)

Countries Visited Visited, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Greece,Holland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Spain, SouthAfrica, U.K. and U.S.A. to participate inInternational Hockey tournaments

Other Information Worked as clerk (sports quota) in the IndianRailways, 1994-95; was Manager (sports quota),Indian Airlines 1996-2012

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TIWARI, SHRI ALOK[Samajwadi Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari

Mother’s Name Shrimati Nirmala Tiwari


Place of Birth Village Jamuni, Distt. Siddharth Nagar(Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Prabha Tiwari


Educational Qualifications GraduateEducated at University of Delhi, Delhi


Permanent Address Village Jamuni, P. O. Shohratgarh,Distt. Siddharth Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

Present Address 16-B, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001E-mail : [email protected] [email protected]

Positions HeldJune 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Provision of Computer

Equipment to Members of Rajya SabhaMember, Committee on Science and Technology,Environment and Forests

Social and Cultural Activities, Has made consistent efforts for the welfare of poorLiterary, Artistic and Scientific farmers, labourers and the youth; has raised hisAccomplishments and other voice against poverty, starvation, illiteracy, socialSpecial Interests evils, etc. and made efforts towards their

eradication

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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Participated in different sports like hockey, footballPastimes and Recreation and cricket competitions while studying in the

university; committed to promote various sportslike hockey, football, kabaddi and volleyball in thecountry

Other Information Started his public life inspired by late Dr. Lohia,late Shri Janeshwar Mishra, Shri Mulayam SinghYadav and his father late Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari;took part in various protest movements launchedunder their leadership

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TIWARI, SHRI SHIVANAND[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Ramanand Tiwari

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Shubh Laxmi Devi


Place of Birth Village Ramdihra, Distt. Bhojpur (Bihar)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Bimla Tiwari


Educational Qualifications Under Graduate


Permanent Address A-107, Jagat Amravati Apartment, Mahesh Nagar,Beli Road, Patna-800015 (Bihar)Tel.: 0612-2205438

Present Address 702, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23718182Fax: 23752126E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1996 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly2000 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly

(second term)April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on WakfAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Finance


July 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Committee on Ethics

Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Defence

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Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationDec. 2009 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and ForestsJune - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the

Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011

Social and Cultural Activities, Writing political reviews and reporting for theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Charangivarta published from Kolkata; writingAccomplishments and other commentaries on various subjects in DinmanSpecial Interests and Ravivar; writing memoirs and reviews in

the newspapers

Countries Visited Japan in 1977

Other Information Participated in ‘Ghera Dalo Andolan’ organised bythe Samyukta Socialist Party in 1965 and jailed forthe first time; braved brutal police lathi charge inthe meeting held at Gandhi Maidan for violatingSection 144 in protest of police firing in Patna andarrest of Dr. Lohia in 1965 and the Samyukta SocialistParty’s demonstration on the occasion of JanvaniDiwas in Delhi and black flag demonstration in Patnaunder ‘Angrezi Hatao’ agitation in 1970; arrested inconnection with ‘Kutch Andolan’, Delhi and jailedfour times during the movement in 1974; detainedfor 17 months and 18 days under the MISA duringEmergency and arrested during demonstrationagainst the Press Bill and imprisoned for about oneand a half month; suffered injuries during themeeting of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan held atGandhi Maidan on the issue of reservation to thesocially backward by Karpoori Thakur; NationalVice-President, Yuva Janata, 1977; Vice-President,Bihar Citizen Council, 1991; Founder Co-ordinator,Samata Sangathan, Bangalore, 1980; Co-ordinator,Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, Bihar, 1970; Member,(i) Rajya Samiti of Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha(a youth wing of Samyukta Socialist Party), 1967,(ii) National Committee of Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha,1971 and (iii) Steering Committee, Sangharsha Samitiduring the movement launched by Jai PrakashNarayan in 1974

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TRIPATHI, SHRI D.P.[Nationalist Congress Party - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shri Rajdeo Tripathi

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Ram Pyari Devi


Place of Birth Village Malikpur Nonara, Distt. Sultanpur(Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Rukmini Tripathi

Children Three sons

Educational Qualifications M.A. (Political Science)Educated at Allahabad University, Allahabad andJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Profession Writer, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address B-105, Akanksha Tower, Panch Marg,Andheri West, Mumbai-400061 (Maharashtra)Tel. : 022-26358340

Present Address 13-D, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 23782676, 23782677 (R)

23320204 (O)Mobile : 9650768804E-mail : [email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

1975 - 77 President, Jawaharlal Nehru University StudentsUnion (JNUSU), New DelhiMember, Academic Council, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity

1980 - 88 Lecturer, Department of Political Science,Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh

1991 onwards Member, Selection Committee, Shankar Puraskar,K.K. Birla Foundation, New Delhi

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1992 onwards Member, Selection Committee, Vachaspati Samman,K.K. Birla Foundation, New Delhi

1997 - 2000 Member, Executive Council, SampurnanandSanskrit University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

1998 - 2003 Advisor, Global Organization of People of IndianOrigin (G.O.P.I.O.)

2000 onwards Member, Governing Body, Indian Council ofAgricultural Research (I.C.A.R.), New Delhi

2004 - 2006 Member, Governing Body, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan2004 onwards General Secretary and Chief Spokesperson,

Nationalist Congress Party (N.C.P.), New DelhiApril 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on EnergyJune - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the

Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on External AffairsOct. 2012 onwards Member, Railway Convention CommitteeJan. 2013 onwards Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

Books Published (i) Praroop (Collection of Hindi Poems), 1973,(ii) Congress and Independent India, 1985,(iii) Jawahar Shatakam (Sanskrit poem), 1989,(iv) Celebrating Faiz, 2011, (v) Nepal in Transition-A Way Forward, 2011, (vi) India China Relations-Future Perspectives (edited jointly with Dr. B.R.Deepak), 2011 and (vii) Indian Economy, 2012;Editor-in-Chief, Think India Quarterly, since 1989

Social and Cultural Activities, Won top awards, prizes and medals in debate andLiterary, Artistic and Scientific literary competitions in School, College andAccomplishments and other Universities; Member, Campus Theatre, AllahabadSpecial Interests University since 1972

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Swimming, reading, writing and travellingPastimes and Recreation


Other Information Worked as Political Analyst and Strategy Plannerwith former Prime Minister late Shri Rajiv Gandhi,1983-91; participated in Paris Round Table onGlobalization and Human Development, 1997;worked among Persons of Indian Origin and Non-Resident Indians in U.S.A., Canada, U.K., Europe,Mauritius, South Africa to foster and promote thedevelopment of multi-racial and multi-culturalrelations with India; has lectured in 39 Europeanand American Universities including Oxford and

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Cambridge (U.K.), Harvard & Columbia (U.S.A.),Sorbonne (France) from 1978 to 2007 on subjectssuch as Indian Culture and Civilization, IndianPolitical System, Changing World Order, IndianLiterature and Society and Developments in ThirdWorld Countries; was associated with the(i) Communist Party of India (Marxist), 1973-82 and(ii) Indian National Congress, 1983-99

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TRIVEDI, DR. YOGENDRA P.[Nationalist Congress Party - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shri Premkrishna

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Padmaprabha


Place of Birth Surat (Gujarat)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Smita

Children Two sons

Educational Qualifications B. Com., LL.B.Educated at Sydnam College, Mumbai

Profession Senior Lawyer (Advocate, Supreme Court of India)

Permanent Address Residence: Mistry Manor, Flat No. 14, 62-A,Napeansea Road, Mumbai - 400006(Maharashtra)Tel.: 022-23633600

Office: 23, Atlanta, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021Tel.: 022-22842463Fax: 022-22872579

Present Address 19, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi - 110001E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected] [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 onwards Member, Committee on Official LanguageJune 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Commerce

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

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of FinanceAug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on FinanceSept. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Commerce and IndustryMember, House Committee

March 2011 onwards Member, JPC to examine matters relating toallocation and pricing of telecom licences andspectrum

Social and Cultural Activities, Economics, Finance, Sports and HistoryLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Chairman, JK Sports Foundation; Ex-President,Pastimes and Recreation Cricket Club of India; Member, (i) Cricket Club of

India (CCI), (ii) Bombay Yacht Club and (iii) RoyalWestern India Turf Club; reading, travelling andmusic


Other Information Ex-Hon. Consul, Federal Democratic Republic ofEthiopia; Chairman, Indo-African Chamber ofCommerce; Ex-Chairman, India Calling, NRI’sConference organised by Indian Merchant Chamber(IMC); Faculty Member, Taxation Course, SNDTUniversity; President, Western India AutomobileAssociation (WIAA); Ex-President, (i) Indo-American Society, (ii) ITAT Bar Association,(iii) Indian Merchant Chamber (IMC), (iv) TheChamber of Income Tax Consultants,(v) Organisation for Public Life (OPUL) and(vi) Federation of Indian Automobile Association(FIAA); Ex-Director, (i) Central Bank of India,(ii) Dena Bank and (iii) Hindustan Latex Limited;Treasurer, Nationalist Congress Party; Ex-Treasurer,(i) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee and(ii) Mumbai Regional Congress Committee;Awarded, (i) Award of Merit by Junior Chamber ofCommerce, 1965, (ii) Hum Log Foundation IndiraGandhi Award, 1988, (iii) Association of Leasing &Financial Company Award, 1993 and (iv) GujaratRatna Award; Director, Chairman of severalcompanies

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TYAGI, SHRI K.C.[Janata Dal (United) - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Jagram Singh Tyagi

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Rohtash Tyagi


Place of Birth Morta, Distt. Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Pushpa Tyagi

Children Three sons

Educational Qualifications B.Sc.Educated at Meerut University, Ghaziabad

Profession Agriculture & Political Activist

Permanent Address C-13, 14, MIG Flats, Officers Colony, Lohia Nagar,Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Present Address 47, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 23094481

Positions Held

1989 - 91 Member , Ninth Lok Sabha1990 - 91 Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table,

Lok Sabha2003 - 2004 Chairman, Central Warehousing Corporation

(a Government of India Undertaking)Feb. 2013 Elected to Rajya SabhaMarch 2013 onwards Member, Committee on Energy

Countries Visited Cuba, France, Jordan, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore,Rome (Italy), Switzerland, South Africa, U.S.S.R.,Thailand, U.K. and Vietnam

Other Information Chief General Secretary and Spokesman, JanataDal (United)

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VASAN, SHRI G.K.[Indian National Congress - Tamil Nadu]

Father’s Name Late Shri G.K.Moopanar

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kasthuri Moopanar


Place of Birth Sundara Perumalkoil, Distt. Tanjore (Tamil Nadu)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Sunitha Vasan

Children One son

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Corporate Secretaryship)Educated at The New College, Madras University,Chennai

Profession Agriculture/Farmer

Permanent Address 30, Bakthavatchalam Salai, Mylapore,Chennai-600004 (Tamil Nadu)Tel.: 044-24991901, 24991906

Present Address 19-20, Western Court, Janpath, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23344545, 23365151E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

Aug. 2001 - Aug. 2002 President, Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)April 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2002 - Jan. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of AgricultureJune 2002 - July 2004 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural

DevelopmentAug. 2002 - Nov. 2003 Secretary, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)

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June 2003 - July 2004 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation,Rajya Sabha

Nov. 2003 - Feb. 2006 President, Tamil Nadu Congress CommitteeAug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Department-related Parliamentary

Standing Committee on Coal and SteelOct. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Urban DevelopmentJan. 2006 - 22 May 2009 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Statistics and ProgrammeImplementation

April 2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)3 March 2009 - 22 May 2009 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

Ministry of Labour and Employment (AdditionalCharge)

28 May 2009 onwards Minister of Shipping

Social and Cultural Activities, Chairman, Board of Trustees, ThyagabrahmaLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Mahotsava Sabha, Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil NaduAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Life Member, (i) Tamil Nadu Cricket Association,Pastimes and Recreation (ii) Cosmopolitan Club, Chennai and

(iii) Constitution Club, New Delhi

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VEGAD, SHRI SHANKARBHAI N.[Bharatiya Janata Party - Gujarat]

Father’s Name Shri Nanubhai

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kankuben


Place of Birth Ratanpar, Distt. Surendranagar (Gujarat)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Vijuben Shankarbhai Vegad


Educational Qualifications S.S.C.Educated at D.N.T. High School,Joravar Nagar, Surendranagar, Gujarat

Profession Farmer, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address Kishan Society, Street No. 2,Opp. New Swaminarayan Temple, Ward No. 11, Ratanpar, Distt. Surendranagar-363020 (Gujarat)Tel.: 0275-2221948Mobile : 9898207095E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address 57, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011E-mail:[email protected]

Positions Held

1983 - 2007 Councillor, Surendranagar Municipal Corporation,Gujarat

2002 - 2007 Vice-Chairman, Surendranagar MunicipalCorporation, Gujarat

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2012 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice and

Empowerment

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Social and Cultural Activities, Upliftment of backward classes; spreading theLiterary, Artistic and Scientific messages and thoughts of honourable lateAccomplishments and other Padurangdada; President, (i) Koli Samaj, Distt.Special Interests Surendranagar, Gujarat, (ii) Samast Koli Samaj

Gujarat Rajya-Vyasan Mukti Abhiyan and (iii) MassMarriage Committee, Distt. Surendranagar for 3years; Treasurer, Talapada Koli Boarding,Surendranagar for 10 years; Union Secretary, YuvaJagruti Mandal, Ratanpar, Koli Samaj; Member,Gujarat State Koli Samaj

Other Information Vice-President, B.J.P., Distt. Surendranagar,Gujarat; Principal Secretary, B.J.P., Distt.Surendranagar; President, O.B.C. Cell, B.J.P.;Secretary, B.J.P., Distt. Surendranagar, 1993-95;Member, Gujarat Pradesh Karobari; participatedin, (i) Virat Rally (from Delhi), (ii) Kashmir EktaYatra, (iii) Kar Seva, Ayodhya, (iv) Bombay MahaAdhiveshan and (v) Antyodaya Virat Rally; as in-charge of kar seva at Dhargadhra, participatedin relief work for the earthquake victims atKuchchh; also participated in relief work for thevictims of Tsunami, floods in Surat, terrorist attackin Mumbai and floods in Surendranagar; as leaderof ‘Bandh Alan’ worked continuously forestablishing peace and order in the society afterGodhra incident and terrorist attack onAkshardham temple in Gandhinagar in Gujarat;In-charge, (i) ‘Gaurav Yatra’ of the Chief Ministerof Gujarat, (ii) Union festival, Surendranagar,(iii) Kalash Yatra, Surendranagar and (iv) VistarakYojana, B.J.P. (youth wing); attended, twelve days’National Committee meeting of the B.J.P. at Nagpur;campaigned for the B.J.P. during Vidhan Sabhaelections

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VORA, SHRI MOTILAL[Indian National Congress - Chhattisgarh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Mohanlal Vora

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Amba Bai


Place of Birth Nagaur (Rajasthan)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Shanti Devi Vora

Children Two sons and four daughters

Educational Qualifications High SchoolEducated at Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Profession Journalist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address (i) 33, Mohan Nagar, Distt. Durg (Chhattisgarh) Tel.: 0788 - 2210555

(ii) F-2, G.E. Road, Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)

Present Address 33, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 24651313, 24623838, 23018383, 23019798Mobile: 9868181076E-mail: [email protected]

Positions held

1972 - 92 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1972 - 75 Vice-Chairman, Madhya Pradesh State Road

Transport Corporation1981 - 84 State Minister and Cabinet Minister, Government

of Madhya Pradesh1985 - 88 Chief Minister, Madhya PradeshApril 1988 Elected to Rajya Sabha14 Feb. 1988 - Jan.1989 Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family

Welfare (also held temporary charge of theMinistry of Civil Aviation, Government of Indiatill 25 June 1988)

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Jan.1989 - Nov. 1989 Chief Minister, Madhya PradeshMay 1993 - May 1996 Governor of Uttar Pradesh1998 - 99 Member, Twelfth Lok SabhaApril 2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Home AffairsAug. 2004 - April 2008 Member, Committee on EnergyOct. 2004 - April 2008 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Youth Affairsand Sports

Dec. 2004 - April 2008 and Member, Central Coordination CommitteeFeb. 2009 onwardsApril 2008 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on RailwaysAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Sub-Committee of the Department-

related Parliamentary Standing Committee onRailways

Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on EnergySept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationSept. 2009 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry

of Health and Family WelfareAug. 2010 onwards Member, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

(AIIMS)Nov. 2011 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and

Allowances of Members of ParliamentMay 2012 onwards Member, Advisory Council of the Delhi

Development Authority

Social and Cultural Activities, Secretary, (i) Gandhi Smarak Samiti, RajnandgaonLiterary, Artistic and Scientific and (ii) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Smarak Samiti,Accomplishments and other Durg; installed a statue of Mahatma Gandhi atSpecial Interests Rajnandgaon, Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Sardar

Vallabhbhai Patel at Durg; got constructed GandhiSanskritik Bhawan with library having a smallcollection of books at Rajnandgaon; President,Hindi Sahitya Samiti, Durg

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Football and volleyball; reading books andPastimes and Recreation writing articles in newspapers

Countries Visited Erstwhile U.S.S.R. and Geneva (Switzerland)

Other Information Member, Municipal Committee, Durg, 1968-72;was Correspondent, Navbharat Times, Bombay,1972-81, Navbharat, Nagpur and Raipur andNagpur Times, Nagpur; was Chairman, PublicAccounts Committee, Legislative Assembly,Madhya Pradesh

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WAGHMARE, DR. JANARDHAN[Nationalist Congress Party - Maharashtra]

Father’s Name Late Shri Madhavrao WaghmareMother’s Name Late Shrimati Rukminibai WaghmareDate of Birth 11 November 1934Place of Birth Village Kavtha, Distt. Latur (Maharashtra)Marital Status Married on 23 May 1962Spouse’s Name Late Shrimati SulochanaChildren One son and two daughtersEducational Qualifications M.A., LL.M., Ph.D.

Educated at Osmania University, Hyderabad,Pune University, Pune and Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad,D. Litt. (Honoris Causa) by Punjabi University,Patiala

Profession Writer, Poet, Novelist, College Teacher andEducationist, Agriculturist, Politician and SocialReformer

Permanent Address ‘Avishkar’, Shramsaphallya Society,Ambajogai Road, Latur - 413531(Maharashtra)Tel.: 02382-244501, 245666

Present Address 179, South Avenue, New Delhi -110011Tel.: 23012493Mobile: 9868181068, 09422777200E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held1970 - 95 Principal, R.S. College, Latur

President, Marathwada Sahitya Parishad,Aurangabad

1994 - 99 Founder Vice-Chancellor, S.R.T. University,Nanded (Maharashtra)

Dec. 2001 - 2007 Member, Planning Board, MaharashtraVice-President, Nationalist Congress PartyMaharashtra

April 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2008 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Ethics

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June 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on AgricultureMember, Consultative Committee for theMinistry of External Affairs

Jan. 2009 - Nov. 2010 Member, Committee on Member of ParliamentLocal Area Development Scheme

Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Human ResourceDevelopment

Jan. 2010 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Populationand Public Health

July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Defence


Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationSept. 2011 onwards Member, India-Japan Parliamentary Friendship

GroupMember, India-Iraq Parliamentary FriendshipGroup

Oct. 2011 - Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-I on the Implementationof the Right to Education Act of the Committeeon Human Resource Development

Dec. 2011 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on DisasterManagement

Dec. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on EthicsMember, Committee on Public Undertakings

Jan. 2013 onwards Member, Court of North-Eastern Hill University

Books Published Has written 30 books in Marathi, English andHindi including ‘The Quest for Black Identity’,‘The Horizons and Beyond’, ‘Directions of SocialChange’, ‘Reflection on Literature’, ‘Handful ofDust’ (autobiography); has written articles andresearch papers in Marathi and English in variousjournals, periodicals and magazines

Social and Cultural Activities, Has constructed a village of 80 houses namedLiterary, Artistic and Scientific ‘Rashtriya Seva Gram’ in which people belongingAccomplishments and other to different castes live together in Ausa taluka inSpecial Interests the earthquake affected area of Latur District,

Maharashtra; worked for leprosy-stricken people;awarded by (i) Government of Maharashtra, 1983,1990, 1994, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010, for literature,and by (ii) Maharashtra Philosophy Conference,Pune, 1983, (iii) Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad,Pune, 1994 and (iv) Maharashtra Foundation,U.S.A., 1996 for his literary works

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Reading and writing, social work and publicPastimes and Recreation lectures

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Countries Visited U.S.A. and U.K. (under Fulbright Project);Canada to attend the Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Commonwealth Countries;Sri Lanka, as a member of study group of TenPresidents of Municipal Councils fromMaharashtra; participated in the 64th UnitedNations General Assembly, Nov. 2009

Other Information Has worked on various educational, social,cultural and literary bodies and Governmentcommittees in Maharashtra: was Chancellor’sNominee, Selection Committee for Selection ofTeachers, University of Pune; worked as Lecturerin English, (i) Shiv Chhatrapati Shivaji College,Omerga, District Osmanabad, 1959-62,(ii) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College,Aurangabad, 1962-64, (iii) Deogiri College,Aurangabad, 1964-70 and (iv) Rajarshi ShahuCollege, Latur, 1970-94; was Member,Dr. Ambedkar-Mahatma Jotiba Phule, ShahuSource Material Publication Committee,Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai; hasreceived several awards for literary, educationaland social work, including, (i) Meritorious andIdeal Teacher Award at the University level bythe Government of Maharashtra, 1990-91,(ii) Dr. Ambedkar Dalit Mitra Award byGovernment of Maharashtra 1993-94, (iii) LateYashwantrao Chavan Memorial Award by ZillaParishad, Beed, 1994, (iv) Marathwada GauravPuraskar , 2001, (v) Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskarby Social Integration Institute, Parbhani, 2003 and(vi) Samata Puraskar, Milind College, Aurangabad,etc.; has had the honour and privilege to be thePresident of various conferences and seminars;has given lectures on educational, social, culturaland literary topics in different parts of the countryand in almost all the universities in Maharashtra;pioneered Latur pattern in education; as theFounder Vice-Chancellor of Swami RamanandTeerth Marathwada University, Nanded(Maharashtra), developed non-conventionalcourses of study useful for the development ofthe Marathwada region and introduced severalinnovations; radically reformed the examinationsystem of SRT University, Nanded

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YADAV, SHRI BHUPENDER[Bharatiya Janata Party - Rajasthan]

Father’s Name Shri Kadam Singh

Mother’s Name Shrimati Santra Devi


Place of Birth Ajmer (Rajasthan)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Babita Yadav


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), LL. B.Educated at Government College, Ajmer andMaharishi Dayanand University, Ajmer

Profession Advocate (Supreme Court)

Permanent Address 191-C-II, Kundan Nagar, Ajmer-305001(Rajasthan)Tel.: 0145-2624854E-mail : [email protected]

Present Address (i) Flat No. 4, Meena Bagh, Maulana Azad Road, Near Sunehri Masjid, New Delhi-110001Tel . : 011-24311405

(ii) O-27B, Ground Floor, Jangpura Extension,New Delhi-110014E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

April 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

Member, Committee on Personnel, PublicGrievances, Law and Justice

June - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha onthe Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011

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Books Published Co-authored Supreme Court on ForestConservation published by the Universal LawPublisher, 2005; for the last nine yearscontinuously publishing ‘Nyaypravha’, a legalmagazine published by the Akhil BharatiyaAdhivakta Parishad Organization and variousarticles published in ‘Nyaypravha’ and otherleading newspapers and magazines

Social and Cultural Activities, Keenly interested in political issuesLiterary, Artistic and ScientificAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Keen interest in poetry and literaturePastimes and Recreation

Countries Visited Hong Kong, Cambodia and Thailand

Other Information General Secretay, All India Lawyers Organi-sation (Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad),2000-0009; National Secretary, BharatiyaJanata Party, 2010; attended many conferenceson various legal topics both at national andinter-national level

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YADAV, SHRI DARSHAN SINGH[Samajwadi Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Kamta Prasad Yadav

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Rama Devi


Place of Birth Hainwara, Distt. Etawah (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Shakuntala Devi

Children Three sons

Educational Qualifications B.Com.Educated at Azad Hind Inter College, Karhal,Mainpuri, A.K. College, Shikohabad and AgraUniversity, Agra

Profession Agriculturist and Trader

Permanent Address Village & Post-Hainwara Kothi, Station Road,Etawah, Uttar Pradesh

Present Address 79, 81 North Avenue, New Delhi-110001Tel. : 011-23093697Mobile : 9013181944, 09412283001E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

July 1997 - March 2002 Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Nalkup Nigam LimitedApril 2012 Elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2012 onwards Member, Committee on PetitionsAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Agriculture

Books Published In Hindi, (i) Tutate Samaj Ka Margdarshan and(ii) Paryavaran Chalisa

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Social and Cultural Activities, Deeply interested in social work; established,Literary, Artistic and Scientific Kendriya Samaj Seva Samiti to rid the societyAccomplishments and other from social evils, superstitions and dogmas; theSpecial Interests main objective of the Samiti is prohibition of

alcoholism and smoking, offering feast on thedeath of a person, dowry system, widowremarriage, resurrection of human values andenvironment conservation, etc.; organisingmarches, bicycle marches and holding meetingsat ‘Chaupals’ in villages to spread the objectivesof the Samiti; organised the ParyavaranMahakumbh in Saifai, Etawah on 5 June 2008, onthe occasion of the World Environment Day;spreading awareness about combating river waterpollution

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YADAV, PROF. RAM GOPAL[Samajwadi Party - Uttar Pradesh]

Father’s Name Late Shri Bachchi Lal

Mother’s Name Shrimati Phoolwati


Place of Birth Village Saifai, Distt. Etawah (Uttar Pradesh)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Phoolan Devi


Educational Qualifications M.Sc. (Physics), M.A. (Political Science), Ph.D.Educated at Agra University, Agra and KanpurUniversity, Kanpur

Profession Teacher & Educationist

Permanent Address Village & Post- Saifai, Distt. Etawah (Uttar Pradesh)Tel.: 05688-263986Mobile: 9412284466

Present Address 8-A-Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003Tel.: 011-24643394Mobile: 9868180253E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1988 Block Pramukh, Basrehar, Etawah1989 - 92 Chairman, Zilla Parishad, EtawahJuly 1992 Elected to Rajya Sabha1993 - 95 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and Forests1994 - 2001 Member, Committee on Government Assurances1994 - 2001 and June 2002 - 2004 Member, General Purposes CommitteeApril 1994 - 2004 Leader, Samajwadi Party Parliamentary Group in

Rajya Sabha

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1995 Member, Select Committee on Trade Marks Bill1996 Member, Joint Committee on Women Reservation

Bill1996 - 2004 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals


1997 - 2004 Member, Ethics Committee, Rajya SabhaJuly 1998 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 1998 - 2000 Member, Committee on Petitions1999 Member, High powered Committee on State

Funding2001 - 2004 Member, Public Accounts Committee

Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Home AffairsMember, Committee on Petroleum and ChemicalsChairman, Standing Committee on Agriculture

2004 - 2008 Member, Fourteenth Lok SabhaLeader, Samajwadi Party in Lok SabhaChairman, Standing Committee on AgricultureMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee on Security Matters inParliament House ComplexMember, Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentariansin Parliament House ComplexMember, Committee to Inquire into Misconductof Members of Lok SabhaMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee to examinethe Constitutional and Legal position relating toOffice of ProfitMember, Committee to Inquire into the complaintmade by some members regarding alleged offer ofmoney to them in connection with voting on theMotion of Confidence (14th Lok Sabha)Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof Defence

Nov. 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaJan. 2009 - May 2009 and Member, Committee on Human ResourceAug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 DevelopmentFeb. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Official LanguageFeb. 2009 - May 2009 and Member, Consultative Committee for the MinistryAug. 2009 onwards of Home AffairsJuly 2009 onwards Member, General Council of the School of

Planning and Architechture, New DelhiSept. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and

Allowances of Members of Parliament

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Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,Environment and Forests

Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesOct. 2009 - Oct. 2010 Member, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Member, Committee on Rural Development

Member, Committee on AgricultureOct. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasSept. 2010 onwards Member, Business Advisory CommitteeJune - Nov. 2012 Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the

Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011July 2012 onwards Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityDec. 2012 onwards Chairman, Committee on Ethics

Social and Cultural Activities, Ph.D. on the Social and Political Philosophy ofLiterary, Artistic and Scientific Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia; associated with settingAccomplishments and other up and management of several educationalSpecial Interests institutions

Sports, Clubs, Favourite To sit and play among childrenPastimes and Recreation

Other Information Lecturer, Department of Physics, K.K. PostGraduate College, Etawah, 1969-74; Lecturer andReader, Department of Political Science, K.K. PostGraduate College, Etawah, 1974-94; Principal,Chaudhary Charan Singh Degree College,Heonra, Etawah, 1994-2006; Manager, Asit InterCollege, Ganga Pura, Etawah; Secretary, Dr. RamManohar Lohia Trust

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YADAV, SHRI RAM KRIPAL[Rashtriya Janata Dal - Bihar]

Father’s Name Late Shri Kishori Prasad

Mother’s Name Late Shrimati Sudha Devi




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Kiran Devi


Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), LL.B.Educated at Magadh University, Patna (Bihar)

Profession Agriculturist, Social and Political Worker

Permanent Address Goriya Toli, Station Road, Patna-800001 (Bihar)Tel.: 0612-2220729Mobile : 09431800966, 09013180966

Present Address 18, Mother Teresa Crescent, New DelhiTel.: 23792666, 23792555E-mail: [email protected]

Positions Held

1985 - 86 Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Patna1992 - 93 Member, Bihar Legislative Council1993 - 96 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha (elected in bye

election)1996 - 97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok SabhaJuly 2010 Elected to Rajya SabhaAug. 2010 - Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on DefenceSept. 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the

Ministry of CoalAug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Science and Technology,


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Social and Cultural Activities, Development of the youth; active participationLiterary, Artistic and Scientific in cultural programmes in BiharAccomplishments and otherSpecial Interests

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Chairman, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of SportsPastimes and Recreation and Culture, Bihar

Countries Visited Visited China, Hong Kong, Mongolia,Thailand and Indonesia as a member of theIndian Parliamentary Delegation

Other Information Chairman, Bihar Dharmik Nayas, Bihar,1998-2005

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YECHURY, SHRI SITARAM[Communist Party of India (Marxist) - West Bengal]

Father’s Name Late Shri S.S. Yechury

Mother’s Name Shrimati Kalpakam Yechury




Spouse’s Name Shrimati Seema Chishti Yechury


Educational Qualifications Higher Secondary (All India first class first inCBSE Higher Secondary Examination in 1970: oneyear course), B.A. (Hons.) in Economics, M.A.(Economics) Educated at President’s EstateSchool, New Delhi, St. Stephen’s College, NewDelhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Profession Political and Social Worker, Economist andColumnist/Writer

Permanent Address 1544, Sector A, Pocket B, Vasant Kunj,New Delhi - 110070Tel.: 26898472 (R), 23747435, 23747436,

23363692 (O)Fax: 23747483E-mail: [email protected]

Present Address 29, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23782030Mobile: 9868181162

Constituency Address 31, Alimuddin Street, Kolkata - 700016(West Bengal)Tel.: 033-22176633, 22176634

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Positions Held

Aug. 2005 Elected to Rajya Sabha25 Sept. 2005 - Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Home Affairs13 April 2006 - May 2009 and Chairman, Committee on Transport, TourismAug. 2010 onwards and Culture13 April 2006 onwards Member, General Purposes CommitteeMay 2006 - May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and

Public HealthJune 2006 onwards Member, Committe on EthicsJune 2006 - Sept. 2007 Member, Business Advisory CommitteeAug. 2006-Dec. 2008 Member, Joint Committee to examine the

constitutional and legal position relating to Officeof Profit

Sept. 2006 onwards Member, Committee of PrivilegesMay 2009 - May 2012 and Member, Court of the Jawaharlal NehruJuly 2012 onwards UniversityAug. 2009 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on

Installation of Portraits/Statues of NationalLeaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament HouseMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministryof External Affairs

July 2010 onwards Member, Indian Council of World AffairsMarch 2011 onwards Member, JPC to examine matters relating to


Aug. 2011 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Books Published Author, (i) Left Hand Drive, (ii) What is this ‘HinduRashtra’, (iii) Socialism in 21st Century,(iv) Communalism vs Secularism and (v) GhrinaKi Rajniti (in Hindi); Editor, (i) People’s Diary ofFreedom Movement, (ii) The Great Revolt: A Leftappraisal and (iii) Global Economic Crisis -A Marxist Perspective

Social and Cultural Activities, Authored various booklets on communalism,Literary, Artistic and Scientific economic policy matters and social and culturalAccomplishments and other issues; as Editor, “Peoples’ Democracy”, a CPI(M)Special Interests Central weekly; has authored several articles in

party publications and mainstream media

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Lawn tennis; was Captain of the lawn tennisPastimes and Recreation team in University; was champion of the inter-

College Tennis competition at Nizam College,Hyderabad; reading, writing and listening to music

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Countries Visited China, U.K., Portugal, Greece, Brazil, South Africa,Cuba, Japan, Vietnam, France, etc.

Other Information Was All India President, Students Federation ofIndia; Member, (i) Central Committee, CPI (M)since 1984 and (ii) Polit Bureau, CPI (M) since1992

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ZHIMOMI, SHRI KHEKIHO[Nagaland People’s Front - Nagaland]

Father’s Name Shri Hezukhu Zhimomi

Mother’s Name Shrimati Hetoli Zhimomi


Place of Birth Village Sheyipu, Distt. Zunheboto (Nagaland)


Spouse’s Name Shrimati Khezheli Zhimomi

Children Two sons and seven daughters

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.) Political ScienceEducated at St. Joseph College, North BengalUniversity, Darjeeling


Permanent Address (i) N.E. Pure Beverages, New Industrial Estate,Rangapahar, Dimapur-797112 (Nagaland)

(ii) Zhimomi Mansion, Chekiye Village,Dimapur-Kohima Road, Dimapur (Nagaland)

Present Address 703, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001Tel.: 23753766Mobile: 09436000058, 9868181040E-mail : [email protected]

Positions Held

1989 - 92 Member, Nagaland Legislative AssemblyCabinet Minister of Industry and Commerce,Government of Nagaland

1993 - 97 Member, Nagaland Legislative Assembly2003 - Jan. 2008 Member, Nagaland Legislative Assembly

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2003 - 2007 Cabinet Minister holding the portfolios of Industryand Commerce, Geology, Mining and BorderAffairs, Government of Nagaland

July 2008 Elected to Rajya SabhaJuly 2008 - Dec. 2012 Member, Court of Nagaland UniversityAug. 2008 - May 2009 Member, Committee on RailwaysAug. 2009 - April 2010 Member, Committee on AgricultureApril 2010 Re-elected to Rajya SabhaMay 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Devlopment


Sports, Clubs, Favourite FarmingPastimes and Recreation


Other Information Student leader and founding member, NagalandStudents’ Federation

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AAbraham, Shri Joy ................................................................................ 11Achuthan, Shri M.P. ............................................................................. 13Adeeb, Shri Mohammed ...................................................................... 15Aga, Ms. Anu ...................................................................................... 17Agrawal, Shri Naresh ........................................................................... 19Aiyar, Shri Mani Shankar ..................................................................... 21Akhtar, Shri Javed ................................................................................ 23Ali, Shri Munquad ............................................................................... 25Ali, Shri Sabir ....................................................................................... 27Anand Sharma, Shri ............................................................................. 29Ansari, Shri Ali Anwar ......................................................................... 32Ansari, Shri Mohammad Hamid ........................................................... 1Ansari, Shri Salim ................................................................................. 35Antony, Shri A.K. ................................................................................. 37Arjunan, Shri K.R. ................................................................................ 39Ashk Ali Tak, Shri ................................................................................ 40Ashwani Kumar, Shri ........................................................................... 42Azad, Shri Ghulam Nabi ....................................................................... 45

BBachchan, Smt. Jaya ............................................................................ 48Baghel, Prof. S.P. Singh ........................................................................ 51Baidya, Smt. Jharna Das ....................................................................... 53Baishya, Shri Birendra Prasad .............................................................. 56Balaganga, Shri N. ................................................................................ 58Balagopal, Shri K.N. ............................................................................. 60Balmuchu, Dr. Pradeep Kumar .............................................................. 62Bandyopadhyay, Shri D. ...................................................................... 64Batra, Shri Shadi Lal ............................................................................. 67Behera, Shri Shashi Bhusan ................................................................. 69Bernard, Shri A.W. Rabi ........................................................................ 71Bhattacharya, Shri P. ............................................................................ 73Bhunder, Shri Balwinder Singh ............................................................ 75

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Bora, Shri Pankaj .................................................................................. 77Bose, Shri Srinjoy ................................................................................. 78Budania, Shri Narendra ........................................................................ 80

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Chakraborty, Shri Shyamal ................................................................... 82Chandrasekhar, Shri Rajeev .................................................................. 84Chatterjee, Shri Prasanta ...................................................................... 87Chaturvedi, Shri Satyavrat ................................................................... 89Chavan, Smt. Vandana ......................................................................... 91Chiranjeevi, Dr. K. ................................................................................ 94Chowdary, Shri Y.S. .............................................................................. 96Chowdhury, Smt. Renuka ..................................................................... 98

DDaimary, Shri Biswajit ........................................................................... 100Dalwai, Shri Husain .............................................................................. 102Darda, Shri Vijay Jawaharlal ................................................................. 105Das, Shri Kumar Deepak ...................................................................... 108Dave, Shri Anil Madhav ....................................................................... 110Deora, Shri Murli .................................................................................. 112Desai, Shri Anil .................................................................................... 114Dhindsa, Sardar Sukhdev Singh .......................................................... 116Dhoot, Shri Rajkumar .......................................................................... 118Dua, Shri H.K. ...................................................................................... 120Dwivedi, Shri Janardan ........................................................................ 122

EElavarasan, Shri A. ............................................................................... 125

FFaruque, Smt. Naznin ........................................................................... 127Fernandes, Shri Oscar .......................................................................... 129

G.Ganguly, Dr. Ashok S. .......................................................................... 132Gehlot, Shri Thaawar Chand ................................................................ 135Ghosh, Shri Kunal Kumar ..................................................................... 138

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Gill, Dr. M.S. ......................................................................................... 140Gnanadesikan, Shri B.S. ....................................................................... 143Goud T., Shri Devender ........................................................................ 145Goyal, Shri Piyush ................................................................................ 147Gujral, Shri Naresh ............................................................................... 149Gupta, Dr. Akhilesh Das ....................................................................... 151Gupta, Shri Prem Chand ....................................................................... 154Gupta, Shri Vivek .................................................................................. 156

HHaque, Shri Md. Nadimul ..................................................................... 158Hashmi, Shri Parvez .............................................................................. 160Heptulla, Dr. Najma A. .......................................................................... 162

IIrani, Smt. Smriti Zubin ......................................................................... 165

JJain, Shri Ishwarlal Shankarlal .............................................................. 167Jain, Shri Meghraj ................................................................................ 169Jaitley, Shri Arun .................................................................................. 171Jangde, Dr. Bhushan Lal ...................................................................... 174Javadekar, Shri Prakash ........................................................................ 176Jayashree, Smt. B. ................................................................................ 179Jethmalani, Shri Ram ............................................................................ 182Jha, Shri Prabhat .................................................................................. 184Jinnah, Shri A.A. …… ....................................................................... 186Jois, Shri M. Rama ................................................................................ 188Jugul Kishore, Shri ............................................................................... 190

KKalita, Shri Bhubaneswar ..................................................................... 192Kanimozhi, Smt. .................................................................................... 195Kannan, Shri P. ..................................................................................... 198Karan Singh, Dr. ................................................................................... 200Karimpuri, Shri Avtar Singh .................................................................. 203

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Kashyap, Shri Narendra Kumar ............................................................ 205Katiyar, Shri Vinay ................................................................................ 207Keishing, Shri Rishang ........................................................................ 209Khabri, Shri Brijlal ................................................................................ 212Khan, Shri K. Rahman .......................................................................... 214Khan, Shri Mohd. Ali ........................................................................... 217Khanna, Shri Avinash Rai .................................................................... 219Khuntia, Shri Rama Chandra ................................................................ 222Kidwai, Smt. Mohsina .......................................................................... 225Kore, Dr. Prabhakar .............................................................................. 228Koshyari, Shri Bhagat Singh ................................................................ 230Krishna, Shri S.M. ................................................................................ 232Kshatriya, Prof. Alka Balram ................................................................ 234Kujur, Shri Santiuse .............................................................................. 237Kulaste, Shri Faggan Singh .................................................................. 239Kurien, Prof. P.J. ................................................................................... 3Kushwaha, Shri Upendra ..................................................................... 242

LLachungpa, Shri Hishey ....................................................................... 244Lad, Shri Anil H. ................................................................................... 246Lakshmanan, Dr. R. .............................................................................. 248Lalhming Liana, Shri ............................................................................. 249

MMahendra Prasad, Dr. ........................................................................... 252Mahra, Shri Mahendra Singh ............................................................... 255Maitreyan, Dr. V. ................................................................................... 257Malihabadi, Shri Ahmad Saeed ............................................................ 260Mallya, Dr. Vijay ................................................................................... 262Mandaviya, Shri Mansukh L. ............................................................... 264Mangala Kisan, Shri ............................................................................. 266Manjunatha, Shri Aayanur ................................................................... 268Masood, Shri Rasheed ......................................................................... 270Mathur, Shri Om Prakash ..................................................................... 272Mayawati, Km. ..................................................................................... 274Miri, Prof. Mrinal .................................................................................. 277

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Misra, Shri Satish Chandra .................................................................. 279Mitra, Dr. Chandan ............................................................................... 282Mohapatra, Shri Pyarimohan ............................................................... 284Mohapatra, Shri Rabinarayan .............................................................. 287Mukherji, Dr. Barun .............................................................................. 289Mukut Mithi, Shri ................................................................................. 292Mungekar, Dr. Bhalchandra .................................................................. 294

NNadda, Shri Jagat Prakash .................................................................... 297Naidu, Shri M. Venkaiah ....................................................................... 299Naik, Shri Shantaram ............................................................................ 302Nanda, Shri Kiranmay .......................................................................... 305Nandamuri Harikrishna, Shri ................................................................ 307Nandi Yellaiah, Shri .............................................................................. 309Naqvi, Shri Mukhtar Abbas ................................................................. 312Narayanan, Shri C.P. ............................................................................. 315Natarajan, Smt. Jayanthi ....................................................................... 317Natchiappan, Dr. E.M. Sudarsana ........................................................ 320Nathwani, Shri Parimal ......................................................................... 323

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O’Brien, Shri Derek .............................................................................. 325

PPande, Shri Avinash ............................................................................. 327Pandian, Shri Paul Manoj ..................................................................... 330Pandya, Shri Dilipbhai .......................................................................... 332Parasaran, Shri K. ................................................................................. 334Parida, Shri Baishnab ........................................................................... 335Parjapati, Shri Ranbir Singh .................................................................. 338Parmar, Shri Bharatsinh Prabhatsinh .................................................... 340Paswan, Shri Ram Vilas ........................................................................ 342Patel, Shri Ahmed ................................................................................. 344Pathak, Shri Brajesh ............................................................................. 346Patil, Shri Basawaraj ............................................................................. 348

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Patil, Smt. Rajani ................................................................................... 350Pilania, Dr. Gyan Prakash ..................................................................... 352Pradhan, Shri Dharmendra ................................................................... 354Pradhan, Smt. Renubala ....................................................................... 356Prasad, Shri Ravi Shankar .................................................................... 358Punj, Shri Balbir .................................................................................... 361

RRai, Smt. Kusum ................................................................................... 363Raja, Shri D. .......................................................................................... 365Rajan, Shri Ambeth .............................................................................. 368Rajaram, Shri. ....................................................................................... 370Rajeeve, Shri P. ..................................................................................... 371Ram Prakash, Dr. .................................................................................. 373Ramalingam, Dr. K.P. ............................................................................ 376Ramesh, Shri C.M. ................................................................................ 378Ramesh, Shri Jairam .............................................................................. 380Rangarajan, Shri T.K. ........................................................................... 382Rangasayee Ramakrishna, Shri ............................................................ 383Rao, Dr. K.V.P. Ramachandra ................................................................. 385Rao, Shri V. Hanumantha ...................................................................... 387Rapolu, Shri Ananda Bhaskar .............................................................. 389Rashtrapal, Shri Praveen ...................................................................... 391Ratanpuri, Shri G.N. .............................................................................. 393Rathinavel, Shri T.. ............................................................................... 395Ratna Bai, Smt. T. ................................................................................. 396Raut, Dr. Bharatkumar .......................................................................... 398Raut, Shri Sanjay .................................................................................. 400Ravi, Shri Vayalar ................................................................................. 402Reddy, Dr. N. Janardhana ..................................................................... 405Reddy, Shri Palvai Govardhan .............................................................. 408Reddy, Dr. T. Subbarami ....................................................................... 411Rekha, Ms. ........................................................................................... 414Roy, Shri Mukul ................................................................................... 415Roy, Shri Sukhendu Sekhar .................................................................. 417

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Roy, Shri Tarini Kanta .......................................................................... 419Rudy, Shri Rajiv Pratap ........................................................................ 421Rupala, Shri Parshottam Khodabhai .................................................... 424

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Sadho, Dr. Vijaylaxmi ............................................................................ 426Sahani, Dr. Anil Kumar ......................................................................... 428Sahu, Shri Dhiraj Prasad ....................................................................... 430Sai, Shri Nand Kumar ........................................................................... 432Saini, Shri Rajpal Singh ........................................................................ 435Saleem, Chaudhary Munavver ............................................................. 436Sancheti, Shri Ajay ............................................................................... 438Sangma, Shri Thomas ........................................................................... 440Sanjiv Kumar, Shri ................................................................................ 442Seelam, Shri Jesudasu .......................................................................... 443Seema, Dr. T.N. ..................................................................................... 446Selvaganapathi, Shri T.M. .................................................................... 448Sen, Shri Tapan Kumar ......................................................................... 450Shafi, Shri Mohammad ......................................................................... 452Shanta Kumar, Shri ............................................................................... 454Sharma, Shri Raghunandan .................................................................. 456Sharma, Shri Satish .............................................................................. 458Sheriff, Shri Shumsher K. ..................................................................... 6Shukla, Shri Rajeev .............................................................................. 460Singh, Shri Amar .................................................................................. 463Singh, Shri Arvind Kumar .................................................................... 466Singh, Shri Bashistha Narain ............................................................... 467Singh, Shri Birender ............................................................................. 469Singh, Shri Ishwar ................................................................................ 471Singh, Shri Jai Prakash Narayan ........................................................... 473Singh, Dr. Kanwar Deep ....................................................................... 475Singh, Dr. Manmohan .......................................................................... 477Singh, Smt. Maya ................................................................................. 480Singh, Shri Mohan ............................................................................... 483

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Singh, Shri N.K. .................................................................................... 486Singh, Shri Ramchandra Prasad ........................................................... 489Singh, Shri Shivpratap ......................................................................... 491Singh, Shri Veer .................................................................................... 493Singh Badnore, Shri V.P. ....................................................................... 495Singhvi, Dr. Abhishek Manu ................................................................ 498Siva, Shri Tiruchi .................................................................................. 501Solanki, Shri Kaptan Singh .................................................................. 504Soni, Smt. Ambika ................................................................................ 506Sood, Smt. Bimla Kashyap ................................................................... 508Soz, Prof. Saif-ud-Din ........................................................................... 510Stanley, Smt. Vasanthi .......................................................................... 513Sudharani, Smt. Gundu ........................................................................ 515Swaminathan, Prof. M.S. ...................................................................... 516Swamy, Shri A.V. ................................................................................... 519Syiem, Smt. Wansuk ............................................................................. 521

TTariq Anwar, Shri .................................................................................. 523Tarun Vijay, Shri ................................................................................... 526Tendulkar, Shri Sachin Ramesh ............................................................ 529Thakor, Shri Natuji Halaji ..................................................................... 532Thakur, Dr. C.P. ..................................................................................... 534Thakur, Dr. Prabha ................................................................................ 537Thangavelu, Shri S. .............................................................................. 540Tirkey, Shri Dilip Kumar ....................................................................... 542Tiwari, Shri Alok ................................................................................... 544Tiwari, Shri Shivanand ......................................................................... 546Tripathi, Shri D.P. ................................................................................. 548Trivedi, Dr. Yogendra P. ........................................................................ 551Tyagi, Shri K.C. .................................................................................... 553

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VVasan, Shri G.K. .................................................................................... 554Vegad, Shri Shankarbhai N. .................................................................. 556Vora, Shri Motilal .................................................................................. 558

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Yadav, Shri Bhupender ......................................................................... 563Yadav, Shri Darshan Singh ................................................................... 565Yadav, Prof. Ram Gopal ........................................................................ 567Yadav, Shri Ram Kripal ......................................................................... 570Yechury, Shri Sitaram ........................................................................... 572

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